Cribier helped develop the technique of aortic dilatation by balloon and performed the first valvuloplasty with a metallic dilator to treat mitral stenosis.
Using plasma proteomics and other approaches, researchers detected circulating proteins robustly associated with AV hemodynamics and the risk for related hospitalization.
A new analysis of the data on severe aortic stenosis reveals that the potential demand from undiagnosed patients exceeds NHS capacity to screen or treat the disease.