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Curr Trend Cardiol. 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3

September 18-19, 2017 | Toronto, Canada

Annual Conference on

HEART DISEASES

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Nicholas Ruggiero II

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, USA

TAVR 2017: Supporting data and future directions

ranscatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), first

performed by Dr. Cribier in 2002, has become the

management of choice for patients with aortic stenosis

who are considered high risk or inoperable. Current data

illustrates that TAVR is equivalent to surgical aortic valve

replacement (SAVR) in patients considered intermediate risk

and may even be superior in specific patient populations.

Ongoing trials evaluating this modality in low risk patients,

asymptomatic patients as well as longitudinal data looking

at valve durability will determine whether it will become the

gold standard in all patient populations. In this lecture I will

review the current supporting data and discuss what is on

the horizon for TAVR.

Speaker Biography

Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, was born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He graduated summa

cum laude from King’s College in Wilkes Barre, PA majoring in Biology and minoring in

Molecular Genetics. He then attended Jefferson Medical College where he graduated

Magna Cum Laude. He was recruited back to Jefferson to begin his own section as the

director of structural heart disease and non-coronary interventions. He developed the

transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program, mitraclip program, is director

of the Jefferson Heart Institute vascular laboratory and is the associate program

director of the Cardiology fellowship. He has published over 40 peer reviewed papers,

authored numerous book chapters and abstracts, edited multiple textbooks, delivered

multiple lectures at national and international meetings, served on many national and

international committees and is on the editorial board of multiple journals. He is a

fellow of many medical societies and is currently at the rank of associate professor at

the Sidney Kimmel Medical College.