Clinical Advances in Cardiovascular Interventions

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2024 | Viewed by 1355

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1. Center for Invasive Cardiology, Electrotherapy and Angiology, Kilinskiego 68, Nowy Sacz, Poland
2. Center for Innovative Medical Education, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Krakow, Poland
Interests: coronary artery disease; myocardial infarction; heart failure; atrial fibrillation; aortic stenosis; transcatheter aortic valve disease
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Dear Colleagues,

Cardiovascular diseases are still a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. To address the rising burden of cardiovascular diseases, we would like to encourage researchers and clinicians alike to submit their pivotal studies on advances in cardiovascular interventions.

It is our great privilege to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue. We aim to publish well-designed studies that can exert a high level of impact on the evidence base of cardiovascular diseases. The long-term goal of this Special Issue is to a create scientific environment able to create studies exploring current clinical practice in percutaneous coronary interventions, valvular heart diseases, arrhythmias, and other cardiovascular interventions. Additionally, and equally important, consideration will be given to studies that focus on new techniques and methods used in the diverse array of cardiovascular interventions.

We aim to publish ground-breaking research articles of significant clinical and scientific value, including observational studies, clinical trials, and review articles. Unique clinical cases, particularly supported by advanced imaging, are also welcome.

Dr. Tomasz Tokarek
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Keywords

  • coronary artery disease
  • myocardial infarction
  • cardiovascular imaging
  • microvascular disease
  • heart failure
  • atrial fibrillation
  • ventricular arrhythmias
  • cardiac implantable electronic device
  • valvular heart disease and treatment
  • peripheral arterial disease

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Long-Term Mortality after Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair Significantly Decreased over the Last Decade: Comparison between Initial and Current Experience from the MiTra Ulm Registry
by Nicoleta Nita, Marijana Tadic, Johannes Mörike, Michael Paukovitsch, Dominik Felbel, Mirjam Keßler, Matthias Gröger, Leonhard-Moritz Schneider and Wolfgang Rottbauer
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(8), 2172; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13082172 - 10 Apr 2024
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(1) Objective: We aimed to assess whether the candidate profile, the long-term outcomes and the predictors for long-term mortality after transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (M-TEER) have changed over the last decade; (2) Methods: Long-term follow-up data (median time of 1202 [...] Read more.
(1) Objective: We aimed to assess whether the candidate profile, the long-term outcomes and the predictors for long-term mortality after transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (M-TEER) have changed over the last decade; (2) Methods: Long-term follow-up data (median time of 1202 days) including mortality, MACCE and functional status were available for 677 consecutive patients enrolled in the prospective MiTra Ulm registry from January 2010 to April 2019. The initial 340 patients treated in our institution before January 2016 were compared with the following 337 patients; (3) Results: Patients treated after 2016 showed significantly less ventricular dilatation (left ventricular end-systolic diameter of 43 ± 13 mm vs. 49 ± 16 mm, p < 0.007), lower systolic pulmonary pressures (50 ± 15 mmHg vs. 57 ± 21 mmHg, p = 0.01) and a lower prevalence of severe tricuspid regurgitation (27.2% vs. 47.3%, p < 0.001) at baseline than patients treated before 2016. Compared to the cohort treated before 2016, patients treated afterwards showed a significantly lower all-cause 3-year mortality (29.4% vs. 43.8%, p < 0.001) and lower MACCE (38.6% vs. 54.1%, p < 0.001), without differences for MR etiology. While severe tricuspid regurgitation and NYHA class IV remained independently associated with an increased long-term mortality over the last decade, severe left ventricular dilatation (hazard ratio, HR 2.12, p = 0.047) and severe pulmonary hypertension (HR 2.18, p = 0.047) were predictors of long-term mortality only in patients treated before 2016. (4) Conclusions: The M-TEER candidates are currently treated earlier in the course of disease and benefit significantly in terms of a better long-term survival than patients treated at the beginning of the M-TEER era. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Clinical Advances in Cardiovascular Interventions)
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