Structural Heart Interventions and Technological Innovation: New Perspectives in Pre-Procedural Planning
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2026 | Viewed by 101
Special Issue Editors
Interests: left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO); mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER); tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER); transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR); percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure; acute coronary syndromes; chronic coronary syndromes; coronary intravascular imaging; pulmonary hypertension (PH); antithrombotic therapy; cardiovascular imaging; heart failure; arrhythmias
Interests: left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO); transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR); percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure; acute coronary syndromes; chronic coronary syndromes; coronary intravascular imaging; pulmonary hypertension (PH); antithrombotic therapy
Interests: digital health; mixed reality; cardiovascular care; heart failure; cardiac rehabilitation; immersive virtual reality, digital health
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Dear Colleagues,
Structural heart interventions are rapidly evolving, driven by advances in imaging, device technology, computational modeling, and patient-specific procedural planning. Pre-procedural assessment has progressed from a predominantly anatomical evaluation to an integrated, multidisciplinary process that supports procedural safety, optimizes device selection, and enhances technical success across interventions such as TAVR, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies, LAAO, and septal defect closure.
This Special Issue, Structural Heart Interventions and Technological Innovation: New Perspectives in Pre-Procedural Planning, focuses on innovation in the preparation and optimization of transcatheter procedures for structural heart disease, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral and tricuspid interventions, left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), paravalvular leak closure, atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, and other emerging therapies. These procedures increasingly rely on accurate, patient-specific assessment to guide treatment strategy and procedural execution.
We welcome contributions on technological innovation and pre-procedural planning in structural heart interventions, including multimodality imaging, image fusion, 3D reconstruction, virtual and mixed reality simulation, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and patient-specific computational modeling. Submissions that demonstrate how these tools enhance patient selection, optimize device choice, improve procedural guidance, and support personalized transcatheter treatment strategies are particularly encouraged.
Topics of interest include patient-specific planning, innovations in TAVR, mitral, tricuspid, and LAAO procedures, multimodality imaging, 3D reconstruction, image fusion, virtual and mixed reality simulation, artificial intelligence, computational modeling, and advanced tools for device selection and procedural optimization.
Original research articles, clinical studies, systematic reviews, and expert perspectives are invited. This Special Issue aims to highlight the growing role of technological innovation in pre-procedural planning and its contribution to the future of precision structural heart interventions.
Dr. Gavino Casu
Dr. Pierluigi Merella
Dr. Valentina Micheluzzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- structural heart interventions
- pre-procedural planning
- multimodality imaging
- technological innovation
- TAVR
- LAAO
- PFO
- M-TEER
- transcatheter valve interventions
- artificial intelligence
- mixed reality
- virtual reality
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