Recent Faculty Publications

Beyond borderline physiology: determinants of treatment choice and phenotypes of outcome in QFR grey-zone lesions

Jul 10, 2026 | 10:00 am

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with QFR grey-zone lesions, treatment selection balanced anatomic severity against clinical complexity. While overall outcomes were similar between strategies, impaired LVEF (≤45%) identified a high-risk phenotype for whom medical therapy was associated with worse outcomes, and poor[…]

Standardized endpoint definitions for trials of transcatheter left atrial appendage closure: a consensus from the Left Atrial Appendage Academic Research Consortium†

Jul 9, 2026 | 10:00 am

Since its introduction in 2002, left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) has rapidly expanded as an alternative to anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk of stroke. Harmonized processes for data collection, analysis, and reporting in LAAC trials are[…]

Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Versus Uncoated Balloon for Coronary In-Stent Restenosis: Two-Year Follow-Up of the AGENT-IDE Randomized Clinical Trial

Jul 6, 2026 | 10:00 am

Response Letter: Interpreting Echocardiographic Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Arterial Coupling Indices After Transcatheter Tricuspid Intervention

Jul 1, 2026 | 10:00 am

Non-Culprit Lesion Plaque Vulnerability Progression and Regression Assessed by Serial Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging

Jul 1, 2026 | 10:00 am

CONCLUSIONS: Serial OCT identified divergent non-culprit lesion trajectories closely associated with lipid lowering. Intensive lipid-lowering therapy is critical for high-risk patients, and OCT enables objective evaluation of plaque stabilization.

Prediction of peri-procedural cerebrovascular accidents in patients with severe peripheral artery disease undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Jun 29, 2026 | 10:00 am

CONCLUSIONS: In a population of patients with severe PAD treated with TAVR via TFA, the integration of a clinical score (CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc score) with a purely anatomical one (HOSTILE score) increased the discriminative ability towards 30-day CVA. Further analyses are needed[…]

Small Mitral Valve Orifice Area in Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: The REPAIR Study

Jun 26, 2026 | 10:00 am

CONCLUSION: Almost one-third of patients with available measurements had baseline 3D-MVOA

Real-World Outcomes of Dedicated Leaflet Modification for Bioprosthetic Valve-In-Valve TAVR: A 150-Patient Commercial Experience

Jun 26, 2026 | 10:00 am

CONCLUSIONS: In this early U.S. commercial experience, mechanical leaflet splitting demonstrated high procedural success in an anatomically high-risk ViV TAVR cohort. Serious complications occurred, and longer-term systematic follow-up remains important.

Advancing Quality in the Evaluation, Surveillance, and Management of Aortic Stenosis: A Report From the AHA Target: AS Registry

Jun 26, 2026 | 10:00 am

CONCLUSIONS: The national American Heart Association Target: AS registry demonstrates opportunities for improvement in timely diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment for patients with AS at participating centers. By providing an infrastructure to measure performance and identify best practices, the Target: AS[…]

Linking Lipidomics to Vulnerable Coronary Plaques: A PROSPECT II Substudy

Jun 25, 2026 | 10:00 am

CONCLUSIONS: This study is the first to demonstrate that sphingomyelins are negatively and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-GPE (16:0/18:1) positively associated with vulnerable coronary plaque features based on multimodality intracoronary imaging in patients with myocardial infarction. Moreover, these associations were validated in a large[…]

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