Concerns regarding the longevity of TAVR in low-risk individuals notwithstanding, results
from PARTNER 3 indicate that TAVR is at least noninferior to SAVR out to 2 years. Longer …

Objectives Transcatheter procedures are increasingly being recognized as a priority for
cardiac surgeons and cardiac surgery trainees. The optimal method of teaching these …

Background The swift advances in interventional cardiology combined with the increasing
risk of cardiac surgical procedures resulted in diminishing volume of coronary and valvular …

OBJECTIVES Current evidence on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been
generated exclusively by cardiology studies and no operative data from cardiac surgeons …

Objective Transcatheter cardiac procedures have generated increasing interest in trainees
and training programs alike. Using the modified Delphi method, we sought to clarify the …

Background Operator characteristics and outcome relationships have not been evaluated at
the individual operator level. Methods From New York State Department of Health Statewide …

More than twenty years after Alain Cribier performed the first transcatheter aortic valve
implantation (TAVI), the advent of transcatheter approaches for treating structural heart …

Contemporary cardiac surgery has evolved significantly in the last decade. In fact, minimally
invasive cardiac procedures, along with transcatheter interventions, have become a …

Background The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on cardiovascular
healthcare delivery extends beyond direct COVID-19 morbidity and mortality (1, 2). In the …

Introduction: Transcatheter procedures are increasingly being recognized as a priority for
cardiac surgeons and cardiac surgery trainees. Though they have generated increasing …