Transcatheter valve interventions: playground for cardiologists or cardiac surgeons? The cardiologist's view

EuroIntervention. 2015 Sep:11 Suppl W:W20-2. doi: 10.4244/EIJV11SWA5.

Abstract

Historically, the only interventional management option for valve pathology was cardiac surgery. However, the rapid evolution of transcatheter valve interventions has catapulted cardiologists into a central role in the management of these patients. A welcome consequence of this rapid change in the landscape has been the fostering of new and improved relationships between cardiologists and cardiac surgeons and the formulation of "Heart Teams" to facilitate patient management. We believe that the cardiologist, who already utilises many of the clinical and procedural skills required to manage this complex group of patients, is optimally placed to be the central figure within the multidisciplinary team, and to deliver these treatments with the ultimate aim of achieving the best possible patient outcomes.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Cardiology*
  • Clinical Competence
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Valve Diseases / therapy*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Heart Valves / physiopathology
  • Heart Valves / surgery*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Patient Care Team
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Specialization*
  • Surgeons / psychology*
  • Treatment Outcome