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Open Access 16.05.2024 | Review

Is There an Alternative Oral Anticoagulation to Vitamin-K-Antagonists for Patients with Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement? – A Literature Review

Current guidelines exclusively recommend vitamin-K-antagonists (VKA) as anticoagulation for patients after mechanical aortic valve replacement due to the increased postoperative risk of valve thrombosis and thrombo-embolism. Strict and regular …

verfasst von:
Stephen Gerfer, Thorsten Wahlers, Elmar Kuhn

Open Access 12.05.2024 | Original Research

Ten-year Durability, Hemodynamic Performance, and Clinical Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using a Self-expanding Device

Over the last decade, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become an established alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at a prohibitive or high risk for …

verfasst von:
Karim Elbasha, Jatinderjit Kaur, Mohammad Abdelghani, Martin Landt, Sultan Alotaibi, Ahmed Abdelaziz, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Ralph Toelg, Volker Geist, Gert Richardt, Abdelhakim Allali