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Management of Paravalvular Regurgitation

The management of periprosthetic valvular regurgitation (PVR) is complex and challenging.

Societies Release New Guidance on Percutaneous Mechanical Support Devices

April 7, 2015—A multisociety expert consensus statement providing new guidance on percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (MCS) to help physicians match the right device with the right patient was released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), American College of Cardiology (ACC), Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

Device Therapy for Structural Heart Disease

This issue examines device therapy for structural heart disease.

Mayo Experience Supports Sheathless Transradial Angioplasty

December 7, 2010—The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) announced that cardiologists from the Mayo Clinic performed sheathless transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to remedy complex lesions, achieving a 90% success rate with no radial complications.