Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Asia Pacific: Current Practice and Perspectives
As Asian Pacific countries are addressing specific challenges such as population-related and public health care system-related issues, achievement in these areas may be pivotal to the wide clinical implementation of transcatheter valve interventions, according to an article published Dec. 10 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Francesco Giannini, MD, et al., summarize the landscape of currently available devices for transcatheter valve interventions and the clinical experience to date in China and Asian Pacific countries, with a specific focus on new, locally-designed, manufactured devices. "The field of transcatheter valve interventions in Asia Pacific is expanding," the authors write. "The improvement of health and socioeconomic status translated into incremented life expectancy, increasing patients benefiting from these interventions." Read more.