Background The current state of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) training for
Canadian cardiac surgical residents is unknown. Our goals were to establish a national …

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

Importance Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) revolutionized the treatment of
aortic stenosis. Developing a TAVR program with a custom-built hybrid operating room …

The field of cardiac surgery is ever-evolving. In the past, percutaneous coronary intervention
reshaped the field of coronary bypass surgery. Over the past decade, transcatheter aortic …

Methods We used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project–National Inpatient Sample
(NIS) database, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 2 …

Background The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) surveyed cardiothoracic surgeon
participants in its Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD) to learn the extent of surgeon …

Explain how technological advances and increased experience with transcatheter aortic
valve implantation (TAVI) have reduced the requirement for general anaesthesia …

Backgrounds To facilitate the learning process of transcatheter aortic valve implantation
(TAVI) in Japan, unique supporting systems (eg, on‐site proctor and web‐based screening …

Introduction Prior studies have demonstrated that outcomes of invasive cardiac interventions
may vary by hospital teaching status and volume. As transcatheter aortic valve replacement …

BACKGROUND: The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a transcatheter
aortic valve for patients for whom open heart surgery is prohibitively risky. METHODS: A …