How does the female heart respond to severe aortic stenosis and aortic intervention?
Sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences
Interventions for Valvular Disease
TAVI
Symposium
Edwards Lifesciences
Room 252B
Anchorperson: Helene Eltchaninoff
Spokesperson: Thomas Modine
Discussants: Victoria Delgado, Philippe Pibarot, Francesco Saia, Dee Dee Wang
Watch this session if you want
- To learn about gender specific differences of patients suffering from aortic stenosis and how these differences might affect the treatment strategy
- To understand the importance of hemodynamics and durability from a patient's perspective
- To discuss the optimal valve choice for female patients
Session objectives
Helene Eltchaninoff
Gender differences in the echocardiographic features before and after the treatment of severe aortic stenosis
Victoria Delgado
Contemporary definitions of bioprosthetic valve function: are there gender differences and how should patient prosthesis mismatch be calculated?
Philippe Pibarot
Do post procedural gradients result in changes in clinical outcomes by gender?
Dee Dee Wang
Clinical results of TAVR in reported and future randomised trials in women
Helene Eltchaninoff
Discussion and audience interaction
Session evaluation and key learnings
Helene Eltchaninoff