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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation improves outcome compared to open-heart surgery in kidney transplant recipients requiring aortic valve replacement.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on our center's experience, TAVI appears to be an effective and safe alternative to conventional surgery for AVR in patients with prior renal transplantation. Renal transplantation is not currently identified as a risk factor in our traditional scoring system, and may need to be considered independently when weighing alternatives for AVR. PMID: 23611171 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Cardiology - April 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Fox H, Büttner S, Hemmann K, Asbe-Vollkopf A, Doss M, Beiras-Fernandez A, Moritz A, Zeiher AM, Scheuermann E, Geiger H, Fichtlscherer S, Hauser IA, Lehmann R Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research

Sympathetic Neural and Hemodynamic Responses to Upright Tilt in Patients With Pulsatile and Nonpulsatile Left Ventricular Assist Devices Original Articles
Conclusions— Heart failure patients with continuous, nonpulsatile LVADs have marked sympathetic activation, which is likely due, at least in part, to baroreceptor unloading. We speculate that such chronic sympathetic activation may contribute to, or worsen end-organ diseases, and reduce the possibility of ventricular recovery. Strategies to provide some degree of arterial pulsatility, even in continuous flow LVADs may be necessary to achieve optimal outcomes in these patients.
Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - March 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Markham, D. W., Fu, Q., Palmer, M. D., Drazner, M. H., Meyer, D. M., Bethea, B. T., Hastings, J. L., Fujimoto, N., Shibata, S., Levine, B. D. Tags: Congestive, CV surgery: transplantation, ventricular assistance, cardiomyopathy Original Articles Source Type: research

Functional Improvement After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Is Ventricular Recovery More Common Than We Thought?⁎
He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is … —Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote () Of the roughly 5.8 million Americans with heart failure, approximately 10% will have Stage D heart failure, defined as symptoms at rest despite optimal medical therapy. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend 3 options for these patients: 1) a ventricular assist device (VAD); 2) a heart transplant; or 3) hospice care (). Unfortunately, advanced therapies such as transplant and VAD are associated with significan...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - March 11, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eric Adler, Jorge Silva Enciso Tags: Heart Failure: Editorial Comment Source Type: research

Pulsatile haemodynamic parameters are predictors of survival in paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension
Conclusions: The parameters of both the pulsatile and static pulmonary circulations are strong independent predictors for transplant-free survival, and therefore can be of complementary value in assessing disease severity, predicting survival and guiding treatment in paediatric PAH.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - January 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johannes M. Douwes, Marcus T.R. Roofthooft, Beatrijs Bartelds, Melle D. Talsma, Hans L. Hillege, Rolf M.F. Berger Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Arrhythmia and exercise intolerance in Fontan patients: Current status and future burden
Conclusions: The prevalence of clinically relevant arrhythmia and severe exercise intolerance increased significantly with age in Danish Fontan patients. The future Fontan burden was estimated showing an increase in the prevalence of older patients, clinically relevant arrhythmia, and severe exercise intolerance.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - January 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: L. Idorn, K. Juul, A.S. Jensen, B. Hanel, K.G. Nielsen, H. Andersen, J.I. Reimers, K.E. Sørensen, L. Søndergaard Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

A Clinical Phenotype of Adverse Response to Biventricular Pacing: A Case Series
ConclusionsA phenotype of adverse response to biventricular pacing is characterized by relatively narrow QRS duration, RV dysfunction, and pulmonary hypertension. Clinical decline is rapid and associated with the development of RBBB‐type morphology, worsening of pulmonary hemodynamics, and RV dysfunction with biventricular pacing.
Source: Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE - January 10, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: HOONG SERN LIM Tags: Original Article Source Type: research