TAVI in Women: Closing the Sex Gap in Aortic Stenosis Care
With Mirvat Alasnag, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah - Saudi Arabia and Thomas Kümler, Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Herlev - Denmark In this podcast, Mirvat Alasnag joins Thomas Kumler to discuss TAVI in women. References: 1. Tchetche D, Pibarot P, Bax JJ, Bonaros N, Windecker S, Dumonteil N, Nietlispach F, Messika-Zeitoun D, Pocock SJ, Berthoumieu P, Swaans MJ, Timmers L, Rudolph TK, Bleiziffer S, Leroux L, Modine T, van der Kley F, Auffret V, Tomasi J, Stastny L, Hengstenberg C, Andreas M, Leclercq F, Gandet T, Mascherbauer J, Trescher K, Prendergast B, Vasa-Nicotera M, Chieffo A, Mares J, Wesselink W, Rakova R, Kurucova J, Bramlage P, Eltchaninoff H. Transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve replacement in women: the RHEIA trial. Eur Heart J. 2025;46:2079–88. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf133. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/46/22/2079/8103699 2. 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