Transcatheter cardiac valves: An update in 2024

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Transcatheter cardiac valves: An update in 2024

29 November 2024

Jon Byrne and Madalina Garbi explore the latest guidelines and current practice around transcatheter valve interventions (including aortic valve implantation (TAVI), mitral regurgitation management and tricuspid valve repair) – which patients are suitable for these interventions, and how do they compare to traditional surgical approaches?

Speakers

Dr Jon Byrne Consultant Cardiologist, King’s College Hospital
Dr Madalina Garbi Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Papworth Hospital and The British Heart Valve Society current President

Learning objectives

To discuss the current evidence and guidelines for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
To review the use of transcatheter approaches in management of primary and secondary mitral regurgitation
To explore how transcatheter intervention can be used in tricuspid valvular disease
To describe some of the factors that may make transcatheter approaches more or less suitable in certain patients, compared to surgical intervention