Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program Development - Hawkey, Marian C

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Résumé :
Launch and cultivate a successful program for the innovative procedure poised to become the standard for patients with aortic stenosis (AS) with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program Development: A Guide for the Heart Team .
> The text offers a comprehensive view of the TAVR program organized to support staff and quality, and positioned to grow on pace with evolving indications, regulations, technology, and patient needs:

• Foundational Knowledge - AS clinical presentation, disease progression, historical perspective and current practice
• Multidisciplinary Care - Heart Team, Valve Program Clinician, procedural staff, valve clinic, hospital-based care, partnership with primary care and referring providers
• Patient Evaluation - symptoms, medical history, social determinants of health, diagnostic imaging, echocardiography and computerized tomography, risk stratification
• Heart Team Shared Decision Making - case selection, real-world patient scenarios for shared decision-making, risk-predictive tools, considerations for specific conditions - anatomical challenges, low-gradient AS, mitral valve disease, frailty, pulmonary disease, kidney disease, dementia
• Procedural Care and Clinical Pathways - specific, detailed examples of procedure plans, order sets, emergency planning, peri-procedural communication and handoffs, post-procedure care pathways, discharge planning
• Program Optimization and Evaluation - strategies and tactics for education and communication, staffing considerations, wait list management, scheduling challenges, measurement of clinical outcomes, patient experience, adherence to indications, regulatory compliance, quality registry reporting

Elizabeth M. Perpetua, DNP, is Principal Consultant at EMPath Health Services - Perpetua Associates, in Seattle, Washington.
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