The first two days of SCAI 2022 were jam-packed with innovative technologies and late-breaking research.

Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD, executive director of the new Institute for Cardiovascular Health in Austin, Texas, discusses the facility's new, state-of-the-art cardiology program.

The trial is expected to enroll up to 650 patients from as many as 100 different facilities throughout the world.

The median time from heart valve implantation to balloon dilatation was 4.6 months.

"For clinicians, suspicion for valve diseases should be increased and evaluations carefully performed for patients with MAC," according to one Mayo Clinic cardiologist.

Long-term mortality, meanwhile, is similar between the two treatment options.