How to Select the Right Aortic Valve

<p>How to Select the Right Aortic Valve</p> <p>Guest: Rick A. Nishimura, M.D.</p> <p>Host: Kyle W. Klarich, M.D. (<a href='http://twitter.com/KyleWKlarich'>@KyleWKlarich</a>)</p> <p>Although choosing the right aortic valve for patients with aortic stenosis or aortic regurgitation is ultimately a shared decision-making process, there is now enough clinical trial data available to allow specialists to offer fully informed recommendations for the type of valve they'd recommend.</p> <p>Joining us today to discuss how to select the right aortic valve is Rick A. Nishimura, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and recent co-chair of the writing committee updating the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease.</p> <p>Specific topics discussed:</p> <ul><li>Recommendations for patients at high risk for surgery and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)</li> <li>Recommendations for patients at acceptable risk for surgery</li> <li>Impact of the patient's age</li> <li>Mechanical vs. tissue prostheses</li> <li>Older patients and the importance of shared decision making</li> <li>Younger patients should not receive TAVI</li> <li>Anatomic abnormalities that may prevent TAVI</li> <li>Valvular heart disease centers of excellence low rate of morbidity and mortality</li> </ul> <p>Connect with Mayo Clinic's Cardiovascular Continuing Medical Education online at <a href='https://cveducation.mayo.edu'>https://cveducation.mayo.edu</a> or on Twitter <a href='https://www.twitter.com/mayocliniccv'>@MayoClinicCV</a>.</p> <p>No CME credit offered for this episode.</p> <p>Podcast episode transcript found <a href='https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vb42c6/P-MayoCV25_How_to_Select_the_Right_Aortic_Valve_Klarich-Nishimura_CC_Transcript_Finalav0vx.pdf'>here</a>.</p>