TAVR HOT TOPICS: Valve Durability and Bioprosthetic Valve Failure

Prof. Grube is Professor of Medicine, Head, Center of Innovative Interventions in Cardiology (CIIC) University Hospital Bonn, Germany and Consulting Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine. He received his first degree in Medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Bonn. His cardiology training was completed at University of Wisconsin, Medical School and University of Bonn, Medical School. He received his Board Certification in Internal Medicine, in Cardiology and in Angiology from the North Rhine Chamber of Medical Doctors and his post-doctoral lecturing qualification “Internal Medicine“ from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Bonn. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Angiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. His research interest includes drug eluting stents, distal protection devices, debulking devices, restenosis and in-stent restenosis.

Jaffar is Director of Cardiovascular Innovation and Director of Interventional Electrosurgery at St Francis Hospital and Heart Center, Roslyn, NY. He performs research at the Laboratory of Cardiac Intervention, NHLBI, NIH. He led the invention of transcatheter electrosurgical techniques to cut heart tissue, and together with a team of dedicated physicians and creative thinkers, invented several novel transcatheter procedures and devices that have been translated into clinical practice. He received his undergraduate degree at Cambridge as a Scholar, medical degree at Oxford with merits, and an award-winning PhD in cardiovascular sciences at King’s College London. He completed training in Oxford, London, and Washington DC. He has written over 130 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has given over 50 invited lectures, including 4 late breaking clinical trial presentations. He is a regular live case operator.

Works at Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ, USA. Features in 5 videos on Wondr Medical. Philippe Genereux generally speaks on Shockwave Lithotripsy (Coronary), Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), and Calcified Lesions.

Works at Columbia University/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital,New York, New York State, USA. Features in 3 videos on Wondr Medical. Rebecca Hahn generally speaks on Imaging, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR / TAVI), Cardiac Valves, MitraClip, and Cardiovascular Surgery – Valves.

Works at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. Features in 8 videos on Wondr Medical. Samir Kapadia generally speaks on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR / TAVI), Mitral regurgitation, Mitral, Trans Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVR), and MitraClip.

An interventional cardiology at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, UK. Features in 8 videos on Wondr Medical. Yousif Ahmad generally speaks on Catheter laboratory skills, Drug Eluting Stents (DES), Guidelines, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), and Anti Anginal.