Card Talk: TAVR and glass ceilings

This week’s Cardiocast is devoted entirely to Card Talk with cardiologist brothers Jim and Jerry Dwyer. They welcome two structural interventionalists at the Structural Heart and Valve Center at Emory Healthcare, Kendra J. Grubb, MD, and Isida Byku, MD. Both followed a unique track, training in both cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology and practicing in the fast-moving field of structural heart disease.

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From the “picture that went around the world” of an all-female transcatheter aortic valve replacement team at Emory to advances in structural heart disease treatment, this interview includes expanding TAVR beyond the aortic valve and interventional heart failure treatment using “hooks and anchors and pulleys” to reshape the heart.

Dr. Grubb is assistant professor in surgery and medicine at Emory University in Atlanta and surgical director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center at Emory Healthcare. On Twitter @KendraGrubb. She is an adviser, consultant, and/or speaker for Boston Scientific, Edwards, and Medtronic. She is also a principal investigator in Medtronic’s Optimize PRO trial and Ancora’s CorCinch PMVI studies.

Dr. Isida Byku is an assistant professor at Emory University. On Twitter @IsidaByku. She has no disclosures.

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