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Cardiac Interventions Today
Dr. Nidhi Madan discusses building a rural structural heart program at Bassett Medical Center, the health equity gaps keeping high-burden patients from reaching heart team evaluation, and why cardiac CT fluency has become a foundational competency for the modern structural interventionalist.
Cardiology June 29th 2026
Heart
Drawing largely from observational data, mechanical valves were associated with superior overall survival but increased bleeding due to lifelong anticoagulation.
Cardiology April 7th 2026
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
Registry data shows that comorbidities not captured in traditional surgical risk scores, particularly atrial fibrillation and poor baseline functional status, significantly impact post-TAVR outcomes in low-risk patients.
Cardiology May 6th 2025
Cath Lab Digest
DETECT AS trial showed electronic notifications increased AVR rates by 11% overall and 14% in symptomatic patients, while EARLY TAVR analyses confirmed superior outcomes with timely intervention versus surveillance, with biomarkers failing to predict optimal treatment timing.
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