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MCE TV Tuner Roundup: Featuring ATI's Theater 550 & NVIDIA's NVTVby Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/12/2005 6:26 PM EST
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shplad - Sunday, May 01, 2005 - linkHey legalbob2:
So my theory was right. We all have a bit of "closet geek" in us somewhere, it just takes the right stimuli to bring it out. Didn't know you were perusing these boards these days. What video equipment are you using?
Watch out for that nasty broadcast flag. Unless Blockhead's brother can help you figure out a way around it. Me, I'm buying my TV tuner cards (to go into my MythTV machine) now before there are any legal issues.
You should watch out where you post, you never know what kind of crazies your post might attract ;-)
Madman Reply
wuhoo - Monday, April 18, 2005 - linkany laptop tv tuner card reviews? with winodws media center, one could have a mobile dvr w/ laptops Reply
gotsmack - Friday, April 15, 2005 - linkmaybe add in Pinnacle cards for the next review? Reply
goinginstyle - Friday, April 21, 2006 - linkWhen is the next review? Reply
Sidescraper - Thursday, April 14, 2005 - linkThe Haupauge card pictured is nothing like the card I have. Haupauge MCE cards have an FM tuner. The non-MCE cards have an IR remote. The 350 has a MPEG decoder in hardware. See here:
http://htpcnews.com/main.php?id=pvr_card_id_guide Reply
Kishkumen - Thursday, April 14, 2005 - link#55 - That's correct. If the channels you care about require a cable box and cannot be seen using just your regular TV, then these analog tuners won't do you much good. I have heard of people being able to connect a serial cable to their cable box and use scripts to get their PVR software to change the channel on their cable box or satellite receiver, but that gets complicated. Reply
cer1 - Thursday, April 14, 2005 - link#49 and #53
Thanks for the info. In my case I'd be looking for to build a PVR to go with my Comcast Digital Cable signal. If I need to use the cable box to set the channels, then, as I understand it, using one of these cards would not be so useful to me. That is, the purpose is defeated if I can not program the PVR to record specific channels at specific times.
In this review are the cards getting signal from a cable box or are they being used with an analog signal? Reply
lapierrem - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkNot sure where you got the 350 being equivalent to the 250. The 350 has a hardware MPEG-2 De-coder, which may be redundant on faster systems, but would be a difference on a lower end MCE system, and the 250/150 don't have it. It's the 150/250 that are pretty much equivalent. Good review though. Reply
Kishkumen - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - link#48 - I am by no means an expert, but here is what I know about video sources in relation to the cards reviewed here. The cards reviewed here are only analog cards. They cannot take take a digital signal due to the tuners used. They can be used with digital cable, but the term as traditionally used is kind of a misnomer. Typically your cable company will have a basic package that includes a range of unencrypted, analog channels. You will only be able to use the onboard tuners of the various capture cards with these unencrypted, analog channels. After this, a cable company will often have what they term a "digital" package of a range of higher cost premium channels. The "digital" term tends to be kind of confusing. Typically these "digital" channels are taken from analog sources, digitally encrypted and then sent to a cable box which then decryptes the "digital" channel back into analog. The cards reviewed here will can then take that decrypted analog signal and convert it back into digital, but you will not be able to change channels with the capture card itself. You will have to use your cable box for that.
After this, you have HDTV which is finally a true digital signal in the form of a transport stream. HDTV can be delivered either in high definition if the video is 720p or standard definition if the video is 480p or below. In reality, the transport stream is nothing more than a very high bitrate mpeg2 video. The capture cards reviewed here will not work with such a digital signal because they only have analog tuners.
In addition to over the air HDTV, cable companies are starting to come out with HDTV cable. They use an encryption scheme called QAM which differs from the transport stream signal delivered over the air. The QAM signal may or may not be encrypted depending on your cable company. If encrypted you will again be required to rent or purchase a cable box to decrypt the signal.
Anyway, I hope that clarifies things for you as far as source material goes for these cards. Reply
Crucial - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkI might have missed it but did the review state what mpeg2 decoder was being used? This makes a big difference in the quality and should have also been tested. I personaly find the PowerDVD decoder to be the best.
Major disappointment to not see the PVR-150. I have 2 of them in my HTPC along with an HDTV Wonder. I switched to the pvr-150 from ehome wonders after Windows MCE kept losing the ehome wonders requiring a reboot.
Also why was there a mini review of the Winbook stuff thrown in? It was like a way to generate some ad revenue. I would have rather seen another page describing the difference between the mpeg decoders.
Overall this article stunk. Reply
office boy - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkInteresting that the NVTV card here got the worst review and over at tech report got the best.
I wonder if it has something to do with one being a dual tuner and the other well not.
Yeah bummer to not see the 150mce (and it's been in stock everywhere for a while, it's not in stock at newewgg cus they keep selling out, try amazon or buy.com)
Also I have to question the reasoning behind using actual cable TV for testing. The quality can vary so much, and we of course can have no expectation of what type of quality could be coming from your cable signal vs ours.
Use of some type of modulator to create a catv signal or a game system (like TR did) would seem to be a better choice to me, plus you could test with testing patterns. Reply
dgkulzer - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkOh, I would also go to the following website if you have a hauppauge card: http://www.shspvr.com/
This site has more current drivers for the Hauppauge cards, plus a pretty good forum with useful info. If you get the 'beta lite' cd packages for your card you get a easy to install driver package.
dgkulzer - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - link#48 I don't have digital cable but my understanding is that they can. The one thing you will need however is this: http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/cPath/38...
and thats needed so you can change channels with the cable box.
I have a pvr-350 with gb-pvr and I couldnt be more happy with it :) Reply
cer1 - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkOk, I admit I'm a total noob when it comes to TV tuner cards. I've been looking at them for awhile, but can't get my ahead around what they can and can not do with regards to the signal source. I'm always a bit disappointed when TV Tuner reviews don't exactly describe the video source used for the tests (analog cable, digital cable, aerial, cable company, etc.).
My impression, which in all probability is wrong, is that these cards require an analog source and that they can not be hooked up to a digital cable source (such as I have from Comcast). Is this true, or can these cards be used with a digital cable signal?
ShadowVlican - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linki agree with the posts that 150MCE should've been included... great price/performance ratio for that card
to the freak that said 150MCE isn't widely available.. ur a dumbass! i can even buy one RIGHT NOW in freakin CANADA...
so yea Anand, ok review, but it needs 150MCE badly Reply
glennpratt - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkI swear no matter who reviews these cards, the results are always completely different. Some people find the NVTV cards to be terrible while other sites give em editors choice and the forums have equal amounts of hate and love for all the cards. Ugh, I'm ready for cablecards, I don't want to think about analog and IR blasters ever again... Cmon 2007! Reply
jamawass - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkVolunteer website? Do you know this site was valued at $100 million at one time? This is a business dude. BTW What happened to part 2 of the Myth TV review? Reply
WooDaddy - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkJust to let everyone know, the eMuzed Maui has NO third-party support other than MCE. I had one and couldn't get it to work with any other app out there including sage and snapstream stuff. I ended up picking up a Prolink TV7000 instead. Compatible with the Hauppauge PVR250. Works flawlessly, but difficult to find. Reply
DigitalWarrior - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - link#36 (GoatMonkey) - For software to review, don't forget SageTV! This is superb PVR software.
Good warning #28 (Kishkumen). A lot of 3rd party PVR software doesn't have support for ATI cards.
airfoil - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkThe PVR 150 should have been included in this review - it seems like the best tuner out there for MCE. I suspect the outcome would have been different if a '150 was tested instead of the 250. Reply
vailr - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkATI's TV Wonder Elite vs. eVGA's NVTV vs. Hauppauge PVR-150MCE
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/tuner-com... Reply
Patman2099 - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkI got a Theatrix 550, its got a theatre 550 chip, but its made by sapphire. its listed at about half the price of the ATI card reviewed. Looks exactly the same too.
I love it, works flawlessly in my HTPC Reply
LX - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkDisappointed.
Lots of fluff, less information.
Where is the software compatibility tests?
Where is the comparison of the MPEG-2 encoding?
Incorrect statements like:
"For example, the WinTV PVR-250 is identical to the PVR-500, although the latter has two tuners. The PVR-250 is also identical to the PVR-250MCE and the PVR-350."
Check http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/compare_pvr.html
Anand is getting sloppy.
segagenesis - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - link#37 - Yep. Ive seen piles of them at CompUSA. Not readily available... maybe in Neverland. Seeing how it IS readily available I would still count it as fair game :P Reply
sonicDivx - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkhey, Cygni. Just checked Newegg, guess what PVR-150 instock
mind you this is the retail version. Also the 150 has been out for some time. I've even seen it at CompUsa.
Also check out pcalchemy their prices are good. Also I trust HTPCNews or AVSForums more in terms on product reviews and knowledge on HTPC systems.
GoatMonkey - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkWhy is there a sudden interest in reviewing these products just 2 weeks after I make my decision and buy something? I searched everywhere I could think of to find any information about these cards. I finally decided on a Hauppauge 500, which I'm happy with btw, but it's still annoying to get a decent review just *after* I buy something.
Next up you should do a comparison of the software side of this: Beyond TV, Myth TV, Windows MCE, Chris TV, etc. How about a comparison of video capture and editing software also. I guess Anand's reviews mostly software, but maybe some other site will pick up this idea. I'm having a great time with Beyond TV btw.
bupkus - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkkjohnson,
Perhaps you'd be happier in Red China where ideology police WATCH YOU!
leaglebob2 - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkHow can you do a video review and post captured pictures without stating what the capture parameters were? ((of the video stream--not the stills))
BTW==what were they?
And assumng capturing was done "at the best settings" how about a review at the lower resolutions for those of us who record talk shows?
You did all that work, and then stopped short.
Thanks///bobbo. Reply
Tiorapatea - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkOops, sorry, triple post. Reply
Tiorapatea - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - link"That all changed when Microsoft released Windows XP Media Center Edition. Bringing the first true 10-foot UI to the PC..."
Whilst I don't generally like to nitpick too much, I do find the lack of attention given on this site to Linux solutions a bit puzzling. Linux is really not that hard to get going, particularly for enthusiasts. And Anandtech does, I believe, aim to cater for the enthusiast. Reply
Tiorapatea - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkThat all changed when Microsoft released Windows XP Media Center Edition. Bringing the first true 10-foot UI to the PC...
Whilst I don't generally like to nitpick too much, I really do find the lack of attention given on this site to Linux solutions a bit puzzling. Linux really isn't all that hard to get going, particularly for enthusiasts. And Anandtech does aim, I believe, to cater for enthusiasts. Reply
Tiorapatea - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkReply
trey007 - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkI have the ATI HDTV Wonder, but I haven't built nor bought a MCE PC because I'm waiting for more confirmation that it will work with my HDTV Card.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, it comes with a standard TV Tuner as well, so this article confused me when it said I would need both. Reply
Kishkumen - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkSomething to keep in mind, if you have any thoughts at all of using MythTV at some point instead of MCE, you probably want to stay as far away from the ATI cards as possible. Hauppaugue cards have very good drivers, support and knowledge base for both MythTV and Linux in general. ATI TV cards... mmm... not so much... Then again, there are already HDTV based Linux cards with pretty good OTA and QAM capability fully supported under MythTV. You may not even need a crappy analog card. Although a PVR-150 will probably be useful for a while with those obscure analog holdouts on the far end of your cable listings. Reply
ChiefNutz - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkFinally, Someone did a comparison review with several cards!!! I've been waiting for ever to see tests run against that ATI Elite & the Hauppauge / NVTV forever.. I do agree with #19 though... but i thought MCE 2005 doesn't support mpeg 4 anyways.. Thanks anadtech for fullfilling my wishes!!! yes Reply
overclockingoodness - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - link#24 (Cygni): I agree with your comments, but I disagree with your ideas behind AnandTech. AnandTech is a business, and a successful one at that. If I am not mistaken, AnandTech makes at least $1.2 million a year from ad revenue.
And for Anand and his editors, this is a full time. It's not a hobby anymore. :) Reply
BikeDude - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkSo... Which one of these cards features Win64 drivers...?
Rune, soon to enter a TV-free reality... Reply
Cygni - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkIm glad I get to battle through 30 "OMG U LEFT OUR PRODUCT X, THE WHOLE REVIEW = WORTHLESS" posts in every single AnandTech comments thread.
A) The PVR-250 Retail is $140 on Newegg.
B) The 150 ISNT IN STOCK at Newegg or Mwave, and has barely been on the market at all. Again, it takes time to write a review and do all the hours of testing required (especially when you realize that THIS IS A HOBBY to everyone who writes the articles). If the card isnt available, or has barely hit the market, how is AnandTech going to have it for a review started weeks ago unless somebody sends one?
C) And ya... if it aint on Newegg, Mwave, or ZoomZipFly, i dont count it as a real price/availability. ;) Call me crazy, haha.
Cant believe how much some people complain about a free website run by volunteers just trying to help people out... Reply
BUBKA - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkLets Go...
... Mountaineers!!! Reply
Googer - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkOne of nVIDIA's former Executives used to be a big wig engineer at LSI. Now can any one tell my why nVIDIA's solution is using LSI's silicon? Hmmmm.... Reply
Denial - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkReply
beyond - Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - linkI'll admit I was very suprised to see the PVR150 Left off the comparo...
Anyways, if anyone's interested htpcnews just posted a 550 review / comparo between it and the PVR150 a few minutes ago.
http://www.htpcnews.com/main.php?id=powercolor_t55... Reply
vailr - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkRe:
Quote: "what we wanted to see was a hardware MPEG-4 encoder from ATI and what we got instead was the promise of the best hardware MPEG-2 encoder ever".
How about the Plextor ConvertX PVR, External USB?
Would MCE recognize this as a compatable TV tuner?
Or, are only PCI slot tuner cards recognized?
ViRGE - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkI agree with the comments about the PVR150; it was a good review as far as methodology goes, but the lack of a PVR150 is a very big oversight that compromises the usefulness of the review. No one is going to be buying a 250 these days, they'll be after the 150. Reply
krose - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkThe Hauppauge PVR250 is not equivalent to the PVR500, the PVR150 is. The 500 is the 150 with dual tuners. The PVR150MCE can be had as OEM for as little as $65. It should have been used in the review. Reply
krose - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkReply
segagenesis - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkHaving used Hauppauge TV cards since 1998 I would have to agree with some other comments here. The PVR-150 replaced the PVR-250 line, and its $99 retail using the newer conexant chip... so really reviewing the original PVR-250 (which is nearly 2 years old?) is obsolete. And yes, the PVR-500 is dual tuner going for about $150 retail. I would say the PVR-150 is a better deal even if its sans remote.
One factor unmentioned is the PVR cards are fairly robust when it comes to support, they will work both in Windows (outside of MCE with other apps) AND Linux with MythTV using IVTV drivers. They dont come with remotes which is a nice gadget addon for the ATI card but you can always get one seperate for the Hauppauge one. Also if the color oversaturation is really that much of a problem on the PVR cant it just be turned down? Reply
gbrux - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkMy step by step to install the ATI HDTV Wonder in a new Windows XP Media Center Edtion 2005 box can be found in the Forums in the Operating Systems section.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid... Reply
Fallen Kell - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkIt is an intresting review and pretty good, but I had a few issues with it especially with the price given for the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250. I personally just bought the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500MCE for $145 two weeks ago, so I know for a fact that the quoted price of $140-160 for the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 is well off spec of what it is really going for. Is this difference enough to change the recommendation, well I would say yes, since you get a dual tuner solution in a single card for the same cost as the ATI TV Wonder Elite, and you said it in your review that there was very little in turns of differences that you could notice other then some of the colors being slightly off. That issue is fixed by simply changing the settings on the card/decoder/encoder.
Again, it was a great review, just simply has the wrong price data for certain cards. And you are correct the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500MCE is simply two Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250's on the same card. Reply
Traire - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkThe Saphire Theatrix 550, which is identical to the ATi card only with a different remote, can be found for ~$75. Reply
overclockingoodness - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - link#7 (kjohnson): Did you not read the article? He said CNN and Weather channels are the only two channels that repeatedly show same programming in a given time frame. For CNN it's every 30 minutes.
What's up with the "I hope that is not an indication of your ideology." statement. So, Anand can't even watch CNN and post screenshots because some readers don't like it. Why don't you just concentrate on other, more important parts of the review than worrying about stupid things like what he watches and what not?
I have never found Anand's ideology to be wrong, so even if he does watch CNN - I don't think it matters. Stupid people, stupid comments... Reply
scott967 - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkIf you do this in the future, I would like to see a test of OTA ATSC reception for tuners. It seems to be a common problem with getting consistently good reception of the UHF band signal most broadcasters are assigned.
Also, I found use of the terms "SD" and "HD" confusing. I have both NTSC and ATSC (8VSB) tuners, and the ATSC tuner receives either / both the SD format and HD format depending on the broadcaster. (The local FOX affiliate provides both feeds on different subchannels). ISTM that reception of the SD resolution is a little easier (fwerer dropouts) than the HD. I guess if you are talking cable, the SD/HD thing is not so confusing. At least on OTA, HD format can contain either SD material with pillars or HD, depending on what the network is providing. Reply
gbrux - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkFine piece, Anand.
However, the real excitement is high definition TV in the Windows XP Media Center Edtion 2005.
Last weekend, I watched on the Masters tournament in high definition from my local CBS station from my WMCE box. I have the ATI HDTV Wonder installed, and it has performed flawlessly sinced I installed it about four months ago.
I say, buy one of the cheaper standard TV tuners that you have reviewed, and buy the ATI HDTV Wonder (at about $150 some places) to build that WMCE box.
Incidentally, I'm going to put up a thread in the Forums with a step by step procedure for installing the ATI HDTV Wonder in a new WMCE box.
It'll be there in about an hour. Reply
creathir - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkkjohnson
FoxNews all the way! Reply
kjohnson - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkGreat review. But why watch CNN? I hope that is not an indication of your ideology. Reply
CigarSmokedByClinton - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkGood review, but IMO this review without the 150MCE makes it almost worthless....
The 150MCE is at least equivalent to the 250 but comes in at $65, the low end of the price range. Reply
DigitalWarrior - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkInteresting article, but it doesn't consider the Hauppauge PVR-150MCE card which only costs about $65 from pcalchemy.com (http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/cPath/21...
According to this article (http://www.htpcnews.com/main.php?id=pvr_150_1) , Hauppauge was able to reduce the cost of the PVR-150MCE by using a new A/D chip that could handle both the audio and video conversion functions with better image quality than the PVR-250.
I just built a HTPC using three of these PVR-150MCE tuner cards, and I couldn't be more pleased with them! Reply
DigitalWarrior - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkReply
ranger203 - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkBTW, Great article Anand... Hard to find anyone that spends teh time to rate tv tuners. My MCE 2005 Box works great... Reply
ranger203 - Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - linkWhat, no PVR-150, or PVR-150MCE??? I can't tell the difference between the 150 & 250 models. And, everyone always likes price: $75 for teh MCE version... Reply
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The first of six Stark County men charged in the October robbery and shooting death of 37-year-old Randal Liechty was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday, as previously agreed to in a plea arrangement with prosecutors.
Craig Simmons will be 37 years old before he is eligible for release from Lorain Correctional Institute, where he will serve the term prosecutors offered him in exchange for his guilty plea and cooperation and testimony in the cases against the others accused of contributing to the Sugar Creek Township man's homicide on Oct. 7.
According to his testimony last week in the trial of Joshua "J" Burson, Simmons said the men -- several of them armed -- entered Liechty's home to steal marijuana. Liechty was discovered by his roommate the next morning, dead of a shotgun blast to the back of his head.
The former Beach City resident pleaded guilty last week to involuntary manslaughter, a reduction of the aggravated murder charge for which he initially was indicted a few weeks after Liechty's death and which carries a penalty of life in prison.
Simmons also pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, kidnapping and grand theft.
Simmons offered no statement to the court before Wayne County Common Pleas Judge Mark K. Wiest pronounced the sentence. No member of his family or of Liechty's family was present Tuesday.
Simmons will serve 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, five years each for kidnapping, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, 18 months for grand theft, plus a mandatory additional three years in prison for use a firearm in the commission of the crimes.
The five-year and 18-month terms will be served concurrently, but consecutive to the 10-year term. The mandatory three years for the firearm specification must be served consecutive to all of the time Simmons has been ordered to serve.
Except for grand theft, all the charges to which Simmons pleaded guilty are first-degree felonies and each carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Grand theft, a fourth-degree felony, carries a maximum prison term of 18 months.
Wiest said the plea agreement was made with the approval of the court and Liechty's family.
Though he has been sentenced, if Simmons refuses to testify or provides testimony that is not truthful in future court proceedings, prosecutors can void the agreement.
Simmons is not eligible for early release from prison and will be under the supervision of the Adult Parole Authority for five years after completion of his prison term.
Two others charged in Liechty's murder, Michael Winland and Sean Johns, both 21, also accepted the plea agreement and testified during Burson's trial last week. They are not yet scheduled for sentencing hearings.
Other co-defendants, Ryan Gerber and Joshua Hukill, both 19, have yet to stand trial for the charges.
Gerber is scheduled to go to trial Feb. 16. He also served as a witness during Burson's trial, but rejected the plea agreement with prosecutors despite his testimony that he intended to accept it.
Hukill has been named as the shooter in Liechty's death and could face execution if convicted of aggravated murder.
His trial is scheduled to begin April 19.

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Hi All! My Grandsons wedding was beautiful! Did you ever look at a young couple and say to yourself, "This couple is really going to make it!"
It was in the 50's every day along with daily rain. One night Kris and I sat and watched a storm with Tornado warnings! Another night we went for Chinese where they made their egg rolls with Sauerkraut from a jar!! OY! We called them German Egg Rolls! Another night we went to the Club I used to hang out at and the owner sat with us the whole time and we had a blast with him. But most of all, we really hit it off. We talked and talked, I know you believe that one. I asked her to come to Phoenix for a winter break. What an attitude about life, remarkable, she is not just a cycle chick! All was nice but like Dorothy says, "There's no place like home".


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Ludwick, Reds back Latos, move above .500
Outfielder delivers in clutch again; Cincy gets another crucial overturn
MIAMI -- Normally something like back-to-back wins for a team doesn't garner much more than a passing mention. For a Reds club desperately trying to put the pieces back together after a bad start to the second half, Friday night's outcome was important.
A 5-2 victory over the Marlins gave the Reds back-to-back wins for the first time since a five-game winning streak July 6-9. It also put the team back to a game over .500 at 55-54.
"You certainly don't gain ground playing .500 ball, let alone 4-10 since the break," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "We've kind of had to dig ourselves out of the hole we've been in before. It's something we're capable of doing. You get that feeling again like we're starting to get that confidence and the flow and the good feeling about ourselves back and the optimism. Those are all good things."
Ryan Ludwick now has four RBIs in his last two games, and all of them were big. Ludwick delivered the go-ahead runs on Thursday for a Reds win over the Marlins, but his feat was clouded by controversy from an overturned call that tied the game in the eighth inning just before his at-bat.
On Friday, it was Ludwick again who came through with the big hit -- a sixth-inning, two-run double -- that his team needed to snap a 1-1 tie.
"Obviously, we're chasing a lot of teams in the standings," Ludwick said. "Every win we can get, especially a team like this that's battling for the Wild Card out with us, it's nice."
In the fourth inning just after Todd Frazier made it a 1-0 game on a single through the right side, Ludwick scorched a ball down the left-field line. It was a close call, but ruled foul. He ended up hitting a scorcher to third base again that was caught, and the Reds did not add on.
Facing Marlins starting pitcher Jared Cosart, who arrived Thursday in a six-player trade with the Astros, Cincinnati rallied again with one out in the sixth. Following Jay Bruce's walk, Frazier hit a comebacker that skipped off Cosart for a single, and Devin Mesoraco's walk loaded the bases.
Reliever Chris Hatcher replaced Cosart, and his 1-2 inside fastball was lifted by Ludwick for a soft line drive near the left-field line that scored Bruce and Frazier.
"I feel like the baseball gods were kind of on my side, because the at-bat before, I hit the line drive at the third baseman," Ludwick said. "I think a lot of people thought [the foul ball] was fair. I ended up getting the job done later in the game."
Skip Schumaker's sacrifice fly was next, and it provided a three-run lead. It was only the second time in the 14 games since the All-Star break that the Reds scored more than three runs. Their last game with at least five runs was a 6-3 win over the Pirates on July 13.
"It's a great team victory. We dodged a few bullets," Price said.
The team Price referred to even included a member who doesn't wear a uniform -- video scouting director Rob Coughlin, who monitors the game in the clubhouse for potential replay challenges.
In the fifth inning following a two-out RBI single by Jordany Valdespin, Reds starter Mat Latos soon found himself in a bases-loaded pinch after walking Casey McGehee. On a Garrett Jones grounder to Frazier at first base, Latos covered the bag in time, but the play was ruled safe, allowing Valdespin to cross the plate. Giancarlo Stanton tried sneaking home from second base, but time had been called by Mesoraco.
A managerial challenge by Price overturned the out call and kept the game tied.
"What really saved our bacon was Rob Coughlin getting a good look at the replay on that shovel throw that Frazier gave to Latos for what appeared to be the last out of the inning," Price said. "Our good fortune was that Rob Coughlin nailed the review, and we were able to challenge it and get the last out."
Latos retired his final seven batters in a row and finished with one run and five hits allowed over seven innings. He walked four and struck out five.
"I battled, that's for sure," Latos said. "I had to bear down when I needed to and made some good pitches. I think the offense is what picked me up today. It was a good game all around. I went out there and just tried to give them as many innings as I could and make my pitches. Thankfully I was able to."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sure. It used to be cool. Back when it started. But now it sucks.
Thunder smash!
Lazy idiot
Tick tock
Nuke it from space. It's the only way to be sure.
Yeah, and you were given Admin powers. Nice.
Censored because power is intoxicating.
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Buy my wife's sea catchers
i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams
Hawt and sexy
I'm touching your pants.
Does this group have a pace monkey? I needs a pace monkey.
Smileys aren't specifically illegal here, are they?


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finally updating to iOS6 soon..
Glad to hear this... can't wait to grab a copy myself!
Here is the link to it for the lazy peeps! lol
It's out now.
Also, this is technically a request for a pirated app, even though it is free. Piracy isn't exactly welcomed here.
Just hang in there, you'll probably be able to download it in short order.
It is live now. But it does not show public transit info for miami lol


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Vanessa Hudgens wore Report Signature Downey Peep Toe Booties (available from Heels.com, $214.99) while visiting MTV's N.Y.C. studios recently. Source.
Update: Sold out at Heels.com, but still available from eModa.com for $146 (regularly $209)
Vanessa wore the style with a wooden grain sole and heel, as shown above. You can also buy the same shoe with a black sole and heel, and save $45 to boot (pun intended) $169.99 from Heels.com.


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This article was published 6/8/2013 (1478 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- It didn't exactly require a Level 7 security clearance, but being at ABC's presentation during the U.S. networks' semi-annual press tour did involve a burly guard examining press-tour credentials, and finally getting a glimpse of the first episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. certainly did have an aura of super-top-secret sharing to it.
The pilot of the new ABC action drama had been kept tightly under wraps long after previews of all of this fall's other new shows had been released to the media, and last weekend's limited-access screening came with all sorts of warnings about spoilers and secrecy and never, ever, EVER doing anything as sneaky and despicable as trying to record and rebroadcast any of the video or audio.
Whether the hour-long première merited that level of spoiler-averse paranoia probably depended on how deeply immersed in comic-book fan-boy (or -girl) culture each person in the preview-screening room was; for some in attendance, the long-awaited look at the pilot was a very, very big deal, indeed. The temptation to blog-blurt must have been overwhelming.
The view here, however, is that for the more casual observer, the first episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an entertaining, action-packed, wryly funny introduction to a series that could go a long way toward establishing a new home for the Marvel Comics brand that has done so well in recent years in feature-film adaptations.
Leading the effort to bring Marvel to the small screen is Joss Whedon, once the most beloved of TV creatures as producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, and more recently a huge presence in big-screen features as the director of Marvel's The Avengers, one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.
Given his familiarity with the Marvel playbook, he's the perfect person to manage this big-to-small-screen mutation. And among Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s large roster of executive producers is Jed Whedon, Joss's younger brother and a collaborator on filmic explorations since both were kids growing up in L.A.
Jed Whedon's wife and show-business partner, Maurissa Tancharoen, is also an executive producer. All three previously worked together on the wildly popular online musical-comedy series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which starred Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion.
"We started working together when I was a kid and he was a bigger kid," said Jed, who is 10 years younger than Joss. "We would make home movies, and I was the star of them. I was eight. And he would tell me what to say, and I would be hilarious.
"So we had worked together a lot, and then the first real thing that we worked together on -- Marissa and I -- with him was Dr. Horrible, which was the same thing, you know. It was us making up stuff and laughing at each other's jokes and putting stuff together, and then we shot it... and, you know, when it's at its best, it feels exactly the same as it used to. It's a pleasure."
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which premières Sept. 24 on ABC and CTV, picks up where the big-screen Avengers movie left off -- in the aftermath of the Battle of New York, a fight between a band of superheroes and a marauding alien force that made the public aware superhumans and aliens are among us.
The worldwide protection agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division) has assembled a team of highly skilled -- but not necessarily super-powered -- agents to manage an emerging array of threats that includes a shadowy force called The Rising Tide. Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who apparently escaped death in what appeared to be an ugly demise in The Avengers, has returned to lead the team.
Joss Whedon said there will be many elements of crossover between the TV series and the big-screen Marvel ventures, but was quick to insist Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be much more than a promotional vehicle aimed at buoying the big-screen features' box-office returns.
"The important thing is it's a fun opportunity (to cross over), but it's not the reason behind the show," he told TV critics gathered in Los Angeles during ABC's portion of the U.S. networks' semi-annual press tour. "We don't want just to be an Easter egg farm (for the movies). We want people to come back because of these people (in the cast) and not because of some connection to the movie universe. This show has to work for people who aren't going to see those movies and haven't seen them before."
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Winter can be a magical time of year so it only makes sense to celebrate your fairy tale wedding during this stretch. Here are a few tips for throwing a winter wonderland event.
Create a winter scene with pearlized white ribbon along with cool tones. Use pine cones and frosted berries as part of your centerpieces as well as evergreen branches intertwined to create table wreaths to set around candles or the cake.
Set the tone of the event by sending out invitations that fit with the theme. Seasonal wedding invitations make it easy to let your guests know what to expect. Keep it simple with an enchanted script atop a background of crystalized flakes. If you plan to exchange your vows outdoors with the hope of doing it amidst falling snow, be sure to note this on the invitation, which allows guests to dress accordingly.
Stick with seasonal dishes and consider going for hearty fare. Include a soup or chowder on the menu along with roasted veggies such as winter squash or honey glazed carrots.
Keep your guests warm and toasty by offering mulled spiced wine in lieu of champagne for the toast. Set up a hot cocoa bar, complete with chocolate shavings, whipped cream, nutty toppings and cinnamon or peppermint sticks.
Dress the bridesmaids in rich colors that stand out against the backdrop of white but will keep in line with the season. Deep burgundies, regal purples and rich blues can result in a striking scene and gorgeous photos. If part of or the entire event is being held outdoors, consider adding in a faux stole to ensure your wedding party remains warm. Bring the entire group together by incorporating these same colors into the bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres.
Once you have decided upon the theme, keep it threaded throughout the entire celebration for consistency. With a little attention to detail you can have the perfect winter wonderland wedding for you and your betrothed.
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Can morning sickness be prevented? If so, how?
Can morning sickness be prevented? If so, how?
Hi Jerika,
Thank you for posting this question. Unfortunately many women do suffer with morning sickness. There are some things you can do to help with this, which I will discuss below, but it cannot really be 'prevented'.
The good news is that, for most women, morning sickness only lasts for the first trimester. Despite its name, morning sickness can occur at any time of day!
Here are some tips forum members have shared on here in the past about reducing morning sickness:
- Eat something before you get out of bed
- Don't allow yourself to get too hungry: eat little and often
- Get enough rest
- Use travel sickness bands - with the little nodules that apply a slight pressure to your wrists
- Try to distract yourself! - watch your favourite dvd.
- Eat ginger biscuits or drink ginger tea.
If you are unable to keep any food or water down or your morning sickness is making you feel depressed then you should talk to your midwife or doctor.
Best wishes,
Hi Jerika
Anytime-of-day sickness is what it should be called! There is a good article on this website which offers some great suggestions on managing morning sickness: Help for Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy
I found Blackmores Morning Sickness Formula helpful and have heard others have success with Psi Bands (pronounced "Sigh Bands").
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Lol Mumof2IVFmiracles: 'anytime-of-day sickness': I certainly had that! The Psi Bands did help me though. Thank you for sharing about Blackmores Morning Sickness Formula - I hadn't heard of this but reading the ingredients it does make sense.


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When I arrived home from work Friday evening, a large envelope from the Social Security Administration awaited me in my mailbox. My first thought was that it was a notification of my retirement date being pushed back to 2070.
So I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the letter to find photocopies of the Social Security applications I requested less than six weeks ago!
The photocopies have a little information I didn't know before. The place of work at the time of application is good to know, although only one of my great-grandparents was employed at the time he applied. Their addresses, signatures and self-reported birthdates are invaluable.
The part I was most excited about—the names of their parents—is included, but I was saddened to see the names were Anglicized. In the case of my great-grandfather Wasyl, it seems someone else filled out the form for him: The handwriting doesn't match his signature, and the printed name says William instead.
One great-grandparent was born in Ohio, and another lists only "Russia" his birthplace. But one lists "Sushicka, Austria," so I've been fiddling around with ShtetlSeeker to see if there are any close matches for towns in what's been the general area of Austria, Poland and Russia in the last century. In the meantime, I've found the Social Security number of my last great-grandparent on my father's side, so I'll send away for that one knowing the wait won't be too excruciating.
Any suggestions for my next step?
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After Willard Psychiatric Center, as it was later named, closed in 1995, staffers found hundreds of abandoned suitcases and trunks belonging to former residents. A state museum curator arranged to have the trove of trunks and artifacts moved to a warehouse, where Darby Penney and Peter Stastny encountered them in 1999. Along with a photographer, they selected a few of the suitcase owners to research, and the results became a major New York State Archives exhibit, now available to view online at www.suitcaseexhibit.org.
Using the contents of the trunks, including photographs, immigration papers, newspaper clippings and other ephemera, as starting points, Penney and Stastny were able to create comprehensive biographies of nine suitcase owners, which you can read on the Suitcase Exhibit Web site. The profiles are deeply moving. Many of the stories of how the suitcase owners came to be institutionalized are shocking. One patient was committed because her employers described her as "odd, tactless and domineering."
"The Lives They Left Behind" exhibit is on display through Jan. 31, 2008, at the Science, Industry and Business Library in New York City. Visit the library's Web site for more information. (The exhibit travels to Auburn, NY, and Flint, Mich., next year. Visit the Suitcase Exhibit Web site for details.) The accompanying book, The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases From a State Hospital Attic, is being released in January.
P.S.: If you have an ancestor who was institutionalized, you might find our Now What? Blog post on finding records from state hospitals useful.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
After a brutal year of highly public censure of meetings and events, corporate planners will devise their holiday parties very carefully. According to Alan Ranzer, executive director of Impact 4 Good, the socially conscious teambuilding company based in East Hanover, NJ, the current environment makes 2009's year-end functions golden opportunities for corporate social responsibility (CSR) teambuilding.

 There are many reasons for CSR exercises this holiday season. To start, it is naturally a time for helping the less fortunate. Second, there are corporate brand image benefits. With huge public scrutiny, CSR awareness among companies is skyrocketing, as they participate in community service to show that they are responsible. "Consumers are looking at their brands' social habits and commitment," Ranzer notes.

 Further, with businesses having undergone massive workforce hemorrhages, ending the year with morale-lifting activities is critical. "People need camaraderie and to feel good about themselves by helping others," Ranzer says. "I think more companies will turn to CSR to give meaningful holiday experiences."

 Plus, he says, when employees get opportunities to do good deeds and feel good about their employers, there are demonstrable bottom-line advantages. He points out shoe and outdoor apparel manufacturer Timberland and its Path of Service program that has been solidifying company culture and employee loyalty since 1992. (Timberland details the program at timberland.com.)

 Citing findings in the Bob Willar book The Sustainability Advantage, Ranzer says an average company unintentionally loses 1 percent of its workforce every year. For Timberland, which he says has roughly 7,400 employees, that means 74 people. But with 70 percent of employees saying the Path of Service program keyed their decisions to stay with the company, that means 52 retained employees. The U.S. Department of Labor puts the average cost of losing and replacing an employee at $30,000; multiply that by 52, and Timberland saves $1.56 million a year.

 Impact 4 Good's teambuilding projects typically last two hours, and it brings them to the group's location, often a hotel ballroom. Its most popular activities are building bicycles and constructing toy cars from recycled materials, which are immediately donated to needy children brought on site by the company. But its holiday activities are less intensive.

 Ranzer explains, "During the holidays, we try to make things easy. We're not looking to replace the holiday party, but enhancing it. Let's have fun but do good. Participants can do our holiday activities with drinks in hand."

 As an example, Impact 4 Good took a half-hour out of a client's cocktail party to get participants to paint 10-square-inch foam canvas pieces that they eventually put together to form a mural, which was given to a children's hospital. Last year, it helped a pharmaceutical client engage its employees with a half-hour session of stuffing and decorating children's pinatas.

 The nonprofit partners of Impact 4 Good vary by destination, but have been local hospitals, charter schools, and food banks. It has worked with Junior Achievement, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and Habitat for Humanity.

 Ranzer's philosophy for CSR-driven motivation is quite simple: "Incentives give participants experiences they can't get on their own. Why should CSR be different?"

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On Monday, Oct. 6, the national LGBT community rejoiced and wedding bells began to ring in 11 new marriage equality states when the Supreme Court of the United States announced it would not hear appeals of circuit court rulings striking down same-sex marriage bans in five states.
But for the right wing faction of the U.S., that ringing wasn't wedding bells, but a death knell.
Perhaps one of the most outrageous declarations came from Bryan Fisher, "director of issue analysis" for the so-called American Family Association. Fischer called the Supreme Court's decision not to hear the marriage appeals "the Dred Scott of gay marriage" and said that marriage equality is "as morally bankrupt and indefensible as the institution of slavery. Slavery ate away at America's soul, and homosexual marriage will do the same thing, It is a deviant and grotesque caricature of the real thing. For this sexual debauchery to be normalized by the highest court in the land is a sign of the nation plunging headlong into a bottomless moral abyss."
Jeremy Hooper, special projects consultant for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said that sometimes the best way to rebut what someone says is to get out of the way and just let them keep talking. So let me step aside and let the wingnuts speak. …
Right Wing Watch rounded up responses from other wingnuts, including the Liberty Counsel, which issued a press release denouncing the Supreme Court's "decision to watch marriage burn to ashes," and accusing the justices of "dereliction of duty."
Liberty Council Founder and Chairman Matt Staver declared, "Everyone will be affected by same-sex marriage because it is an intolerant agenda that will directly collide with religious freedom."
The Family Research Council predicted that "more and more people [will] lose their livelihoods because they refuse to not just tolerate but celebrate same-sex marriage," adding that the Supreme Court's decision "will allow rogue lower court judges who have ignored history and true legal precedent to silence the elected representatives of the people and the voice of the people themselves by overturning state provisions on marriage. Even more alarming, lower court judges are undermining our form of government and the rights and freedoms of citizens to govern themselves. This judicially led effort to force same sex 'marriage' on people will have negative consequences for our republic, not only as it relates to natural marriage but also undermining the rule of and respect for law."
FRC did not that the court's rejection of the appeals "ensures that the debate over natural marriage will continue and the good news is that time is not on the side of those who want to redefine marriage."
The National Organization for Marriage called for passage of a national marriage amendment: "…the only alternative to letting unelected judges impose their view of marriage on Americans across the country is to pursue a process that will allow the American people to decide for themselves what is marriage. It is critical not only to marriage but to the republican form of government in this country to amend the Constitution to reaffirm the meaning of marriage. We therefore call on the US Congress to move forward immediately to send a federal marriage amendment to the states for ratification."
And Focus on the Family clamored that the decision will result in a "further expansion of threats to religious freedom."
"Marriage has always been — and will always be — between a man and a woman. Ultimately, no court can change that truth," Focus on the Family's statement said. "So regardless of legal outcomes, we'll continue to address the importance of one-man, one-woman marriage to families, society and especially for children who have a right to both a mother and a father. Our concern continues to be for children who deserve to grow up with both a mom and a dad, as well as for the religious freedom rights of people who strongly believe in God's design for marriage and want to live consistently with those beliefs."
Faith and Freedom Coalition called the decision a "miscarriage of justice" and warned that SCOTUS will "reap a political whirlwind." And the Florida Family Policy Council's John Stemberger warned that the court "risks losing enormous institutional legitimacy" by ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.
Here's a video of Bryan Fischer and his declaration of how SCOTUS imposed "sodomy-based marriage" on 11 states that voted against it.


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Topic: Sanity check on chemo treatment recommendation from new Oncologist
Hello. I am new here and this is actually my first post. I was hoping I could get some opinions/questions answered from you kind folks.
My Mom was recently diagnosed with CC. She was ineligible for surgery or other radiotherapy treatments.
Her first oncologist put her on Gemzar + Xeloda. Before finishing the first treatment, they performed an MRI and learned that the tumors in her liver grew by about 30%. At that point the Oncologist said that she didnt believe the Gemzar + Xeloda was going to work.
It was my belief that Gemzar + Ciscplatin is actually the standard treatment protocol for CC with the highest potential benefit.
So we went to a new Oncologist at one of the top-5 Cancer Center hospitals. They agreed that they couldnt ignore the fact that Gemzar + Xeloda seemed to not work, and that in their opinion trying Gemzar + Ciscplatin would just be asking "too much" of the second drug as Gemzar is the primary drug that does most of the legwork. Is that true?
As such, they thought it was best to shift gears altogether and go with Folfox. Does this recommendation make sense to those of you with experience on this?
The new Oncologist mentioned that they believed Folfox would likely become the treatment protocol in a few years (as opposed to Gemzar + Cisplatin today). Does anybody know where can I get more information on the efficacy of Folfox, and any related studies pertaining to it?
Thank you very much in advanced for your reading my thread and I look forward to reading your answers.


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So are Cairo and Valdez officially gone?
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
"It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
I'm not a man of many words. Read my posts, and you'll see what I mean.
Some people are Optimists (They see the glass 1/2 full).
Others are Pessimists (They see the glass 1/2 empty).
Me, I'm a Realist. 1/2 empty IS 1/2 full.
Someone needs to be the backup 3B. Not sure how many better options there are, especially on the cheap. Henry Rodriguez will be ready eventually, but probably not to begin the 2013 season. I think Hannahan, despite his weak stick, would be a nice backup 3B for the Reds.
Donald could not beat out Hannahan with the tribe, but he does play 3B. 2B and SS are his natural positions.
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
We talked about that earlier in this thread. Someone said Walt or Dusty said at RedsFest that Rolen was not a possibility for the Reds. Not sure the validity of that though.
Now with the trade involving Donald I dont expect the reds to sign Hannahan. I love Frazier but I just dont see him playing 150 or more games at 3rd. Hannahan would have been a nice pickup. Donald isnt that great. Heck Brent Lillibridge beat him out at the end of the year as the Tribes utility guy.
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I am also very much hoping they get Hannahan. He would be a great defensive fit behind Frazier and a security blanket should Frazier soph struggle. With Choo acquisition, not as worried about needing a huge bat at 3b, so if Hannahan had to play more than we might expect, it wouldn't be an issue.
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Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis in Intermediate Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement (SURTAVI). (SURTAVI)
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with severe, symptomatic Aortic Stenosis (AS) at intermediate surgical risk by randomizing patients to either Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) or TAVI with the Medtronic CoreValve® System.
Single Arm: The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implementation (TAVI) in patients with sever symptomatic Aortic Stenosis (AS) at intermediate surgical risk with TAVI. This is a non-randomized phase of the pivotal clinical trial.
|Severe Aortic Stenosis
|Device: Medtronic CoreValve® System Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Procedure: Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) (Not applicable for Single Arm) Device: Medtronic CoreValve® Evolut R System Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI)
- All-cause mortality or disabling stroke [ Time Frame: 24 months ]All-cause mortality or disabling stroke
- Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events (MACCE) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]MACCE
- The occurrence of individual MACCE components [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Major Adverse Events (MAE) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Conduction disturbance requiring permanent pacemaker implantation [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Change in NYHA class from baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline through 5 years ]
- Change in distance walked during 6-minute walk test (6MWT) [ Time Frame: Baseline through 24 months ]
- Ratio of days alive out of hospital versus total days alive [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Quality of Life (QoL) change from baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline through 5 years ]
- Echocardiographic assessment of prosthetic valve performance [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Measured by transvalvular mean gradient, effective orifice area and degree of prosthetic aortic valve regurgitation (transvalvular and paravalvular)
- Aortic valve disease related hospitalizations [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Cardiovascular deaths and valve-related deaths [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Stroke and TIAs [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Peri-procedural neurological injury [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Index procedure related major adverse events (MAEs) [ Time Frame: Number of days from admission to discharge (expected average of 7 days) ]
- Length of index procedure hospital stay [ Time Frame: Number of days from admission to discharge (expected average of 7 days) ]
- Presence of atrial fibrillation [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Device success (Medtronic CoreValve® System subjects only) [ Time Frame: Number of days from admission to discharge (expected average of 7 days) ]Device success
- Procedural success (Medtronic CoreValve® System subjects only) [ Time Frame: Number of days from admission to discharge (expected average of 7 days) ]Defined by device success and absence of in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE)
- Evidence of prosthetic valve dysfunction (Medtronic CoreValve® System subjects only) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Incidence of Early Safety [ Time Frame: 30 Days ]Incidence of Early safety at 30 days
- Incidence of Clinical Efficacy (after 30 days) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Clinical efficacy
- Incidence of Time-Related Safety [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Time-Related Safety
- Resheath and recapture scuccess (Evolut R only) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|October 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Medtronic CoreValve® System TAVI
Medtronic CoreValve® System Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
|Device: Medtronic CoreValve® System Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Device: Medtronic CoreValve® Evolut R System Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
Active Comparator: SAVR
Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) (Not applicable for Single Arm)
|Procedure: Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) (Not applicable for Single Arm)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subject must have co-morbidities such that Heart Team agrees predicted risk of operative mortality is ≥3% and <15% at 30 days (Intermediate Clinical Risk classification). Heart team evaluation of clinical surgical mortality risk for each patient includes the calculated STS score for predicted risk of surgical mortality augmented by consideration of the overall clinical status and co-morbidities unmeasured by the STS risk calculation;
- Heart Team unanimously agree on treatment proposal and elgibility for randomization* based on their clinical judgement (including anatomy assessment, risk factors, etc.);
Subject has severe aortic stenosis presenting with;
- Critical aortic valve area defined as an initial aortic valve area of ≤1.0cm2 or aortic valve area index < 0.6cm2/m2 AND
- Mean gradient > 40mmHg or Vmax > 4m/sec by resting echocardiogram or simultaneous pressure recordings at cardiac catherization [or with dobutamine stress, if subject has left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <55%] or velocity ratio < 0.25;
- Subject is symptomatic from his/her aortic valve stenosis, as demonstrated by New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class II or greater;
- Subject and the treating physician agree that the subject will return for all required post-procedure follow-up visits;
- Subject meets the legal minimum age to provide informed consent based on local regulatory requirements;
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject has refused surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) as a treatment option; (not applicable for Single Arm)
- Any condition considered a contraindication for placement of a bioprosthetic valve (i.e., subject requires a mechanical valve);
- A known hypersensitivity or contraindication to all anticoagulation/antiplatelet regimens (or inability to be anticoagulated for the index procedure), nitinol, or sensitivity to contrast media which cannot be adequately pre-medicated;
- Blood dyscrasias as defined: leukopenia (WBC <1000mm3), thrombocytopenia (platelet count <50,000 cells/mm3), history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy;
- Ongoing sepsis, including active endocarditis;
- Any condition considered a contraindication to extracorporeal assistance;
- Any percutaneous coronary or peripheral interventional procedure performed within 30 days prior to randomization* (Subjects with recent placement of drug eluting stent(s) should be assessed for ability to safely proceed with SAVR within the protocol timeframe);
- Symptomatic carotid or vertebral artery disease or successful treatment of carotid stenosis within six weeks of randomization*;
- Cardiogenic shock manifested by low cardiac output, vasopressor dependence, or mechanical hemodynamic support;
- Recent (within 6 months of randomization*) cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack (TIA);
- Active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that would preclude anticoagulation;
- Subject refuses a blood transfusion;
- Severe dementia (resulting in either inability to provide informed consent for the trial/procedure, prevents independent lifestyle outside of a chronic care facility, or will fundamentally complicate rehabilitation from the procedure or compliance with follow-up visits);
- Multivessel coronary artery disease with a Syntax score >22 and/or unprotected left main coronary artery (Syntax score calculation is not required for patients with history of previous revascularization if repeat revascularization is not planned);
- Estimated life expectancy of less than 24 months due to associated non-cardiac comorbid conditions;
- Other medical, social, or psychological conditions that in the opinion of the Investigator precludes the subject from appropriate consent or adherence to the protocol required follow-up exams;
- Currently participating in an investigational drug or another device trial (excluding registries);
- Evidence of an acute myocardial infarction ≤30 days before the index procedure;
- Need for emergency surgery for any reason;
- True porcelain aorta (i.e. Heart Team agrees the aorta is not clampable for SAVR);
- Extensive mediastinal radiation;
- Liver failure (Child-C);
- Reduced ventricular function with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <20% as measured by resting echocardiogram;
- Uncontrolled atrial fibrillation (e.g. resting heart rate > 120 bpm);
- Pregnancy or intent to become pregnant prior to completion of all protocol follow-up requirements;
- End stage renal disease requiring chronic dialysis or creatinine clearance < 20 cc/min;
- Pulmonary Hypertension (systolic pressure> 80mmHg);
- Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) demonstrated by Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1) < 750cc;
Frailty assessments identify:
- Subject is < 80 years of age and three or more of the following apply
Subject is ≥ 80 years of age and two or more of the following apply
- Wheelchair bound
- Resides in an institutional care facility (e.g., nursing home, skilled care center)
- Body Mass Index < 20 kg/m2
- Grip Strength < 16 kg
- Katz Index Score ≤ 4
- Albumin < 3.5 g/dL;
- Marfan syndrome or other known connective tissue disease that would necessitate aortic root replacement/intervention; (Not applicable for Single Arm)
Note: Additional anatomical and vascular exclusion criteria may apply.
Note: * For purposes of the single arm phase of the trial, "randomization" will refer to trial enrollment.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01586910
|Contact: Mike Boulware
|Contact: Maarten Hollander (EU)
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|United States, Arizona
|Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006
|Principal Investigator: Timothy Byrne, DO
|Principal Investigator: Michael Caskey, MD
|United States, California
|Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
|Hollywood, California, United States, 90048
|Principal Investigator: Raj Makkar, MD
|Principal Investigator: Wen Chang, MD
|Scripps Green Hospital
|La Jolla, California, United States, 92037
|Principal Investigator: Paul Teirstein, MD
|Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Tyner, MD
|Keck Medical Center of USC
|Active, not recruiting
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|El Camino Hospital
|Active, not recruiting
|Mountain View, California, United States, 94040
|VA Palo Alto Health Care System
|Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
|Principal Investigator: John Giacomini, MD
|Principal Investigator: Thomas Burdon, MD
|Southern California Permenente Medical Group
|Pasadena, California, United States, 91101
|Principal Investigator: Vicken Aharonian, MD
|Principal Investigator: Thomas Pfeffer, MD
|Mercy General
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95819
|Stanford University Medical Center
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|Principal Investigator: Alan Yeung, MD
|Principal Investigator: Craig Miller, MD
|United States, Connecticut
|Hartford Hospital
|Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06102
|Principal Investigator: Raymond McKay, MD
|Principal Investigator: Robert Hagberg, MD
|Yale New Haven Hospital
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520-8047
|Principal Investigator: Abeel Mangi, MD
|Principal Investigator: John K Forrest, MD
|United States, District of Columbia
|Washington Hospital Center
|Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010
|Principal Investigator: Ron Waksman, MD
|Principal Investigator: Ammar Bafi, MD
|United States, Florida
|Morton Plant Hospital
|Clearwater, Florida, United States, 33756
|Principal Investigator: Lang Lin, MD
|Principal Investigator: Joshua Rovin, MD
|University of Miami
|Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 33146
|Principal Investigator: Tomas A Salerno, MD
|Principal Investigator: Eduardo de Marchena, MD
|Delray Medical Center
|Delray Beach, Florida, United States, 33484
|Principal Investigator: Brijeshwar Maini, MD
|Principal Investigator: Brian Bethea, MD
|United States, Georgia
|Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
|Principal Investigator: Vasilis Babliaros, MD
|Principal Investigator: Vinod Thourani, MD
|Piedmont Healthcare, Inc.
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30309
|Principal Investigator: James Kauten, MD
|Principal Investigator: Vivek Rajagopal, MD
|United States, Hawaii
|The Queen's Medical Center
|Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813
|Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Lau, MD
|Principal Investigator: Christian Spies, MD
|United States, Illinois
|Loyola University of Chicago
|Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
|Principal Investigator: Mamdouh Bakhos, MD
|Principal Investigator: Ferdinand (Fred) Leya, MD
|United States, Indiana
|St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46290
|Contact: R. Andrew Scroggs 317-583-5000
|Principal Investigator: David A Heimansohn, MD
|Principal Investigator: James B Hermiller, MD
|United States, Iowa
|Iowa Heart Center / Mercy Medical Center
|West Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50266
|Principal Investigator: Atul Chawla, MD
|Principal Investigator: David Hockmuth, MD
|United States, Kansas
|University of Kansas Hospital
|Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
|Principal Investigator: George "Trip" Zorn, MD
|Principal Investigator: Peter Tadros, MD
|United States, Kentucky
|University of Kentucky
|Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536
|United States, Louisiana
|Cardiovascular Institute of the South
|Houma, Louisiana, United States, 70360
|Principal Investigator: Edgar Feinberg, II, MD
|Principal Investigator: Peter S Fail, MD
|United States, Maryland
|The Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
|Principal Investigator: Jon Resar, MD
|Principal Investigator: John Conte, MD
|United States, Massachusetts
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Popma, MD
|Principal Investigator: Kamal Khabbaz, MD
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan Health Systems
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-5864
|Principal Investigator: Stanley J Chetcuti, MD
|Principal Investigator: G. Michael Deeb, MD
|Detroit Medical Center
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-2018
|Principal Investigator: Theodore Schreiber, MD
|Principal Investigator: Scott Henry, MD
|Henry Ford
|Active, not recruiting
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
|St. John Hospital & Medical Center
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48236
|Principal Investigator: Thomas Davis, MD
|Principal Investigator: Sanjay Batra, MD
|Spectrum Health Hospitals
|Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
|Principal Investigator: John C Heiser, MD
|Principal Investigator: William Merhi, MD
|United States, Minnesota
|Abbott NW - MN Heart Institute Foundation
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55407
|Principal Investigator: Paul Sorajja, MD
|Principal Investigator: Benjamin Sun, MD
|Mayo Clinic - St. Mary's Hospital
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|Principal Investigator: Gurpreet Sandhu, MD
|Principal Investigator: Alberto Pochettino, MD
|United States, Missouri
|Saint Luke's Hospital/MAHI
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64111
|Principal Investigator: Adnan Chhatriwalla, MD
|Principal Investigator: Keith Allen, MD
|United States, Nebraska
|Alegent Creighton Health Research Center
|Active, not recruiting
|Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68124
|United States, New Jersey
|Cooper University Hospital
|Camden, New Jersey, United States, 08103
|Principal Investigator: Janah Aji, MD
|Principal Investigator: Frank Bowen, MD
|Morristown Medical Center
|Morristown, New Jersey, United States, 07960
|Principal Investigator: John Brown, MD
|Principal Investigator: Robert Kipperman, MD
|United States, New York
|University at Buffalo
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14426
|North Shore University Hospital
|Manhasset, New York, United States, 11030
|Principal Investigator: Alan Hartman, MD
|Principal Investigator: Stanley Katz, MD
|Winthrop University Hospital
|Mineola, New York, United States, 11501
|Principal Investigator: Richard Schwartz, MD
|Principal Investigator: John Goncalves, MD
|New York University School of Medicine
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Principal Investigator: James Slater, MD
|Principal Investigator: Mathew Williams, MD
|Mount Sinai School of Medicine
|New York, New York, United States, 10029
|Principal Investigator: David Adams, MD
|Principal Investigator: Samin Sharma, MD
|Columbia University Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|Contact: Susheel Kodali 212-305-7060
|Principal Investigator: Susheel Kodali, MD
|Principal Investigator: Isaac George, MD
|Lenox Hill Hospital
|New York, New York, United States, 10075
|Principal Investigator: Derek Brinster, MD
|Principal Investigator: Chad Kliger, MD
|University of Rochester
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|Contact: Brenda Kavanaugh 585-273-4956
|Principal Investigator: Peter A. Knight, MD
|Principal Investigator: Frederick S. Ling, MD
|St. Francis Hospital
|Roslyn, New York, United States, 11576
|Principal Investigator: George Petrossian, MD
|Principal Investigator: Newell Robinson, MD
|United States, North Carolina
|Carolinas HealthCare System
|Active, not recruiting
|Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203
|Duke University Medical Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|Contact: George C Hughes 919-668-0903
|Principal Investigator: J Kevin Harrison, MD
|Principal Investigator: G Chad Hughes, MD
|Wake Forest University Health Sciences
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
|Principal Investigator: Robert J. Applegate, MD
|Principal Investigator: Neal D. Kon, MD
|United States, Ohio
|Good Samaritan Hospital
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220
|Contact: John R Robinson 513-862-3305
|Principal Investigator: Puvi Seshiah, MD
|Principal Investigator: J Michael Smith, MD
|University Hospitals Case Medical Center
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|Principal Investigator: Alan Markowitz, MD
|Principal Investigator: Marco Costa, MD
|The Ohio State University
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|Principal Investigator: Barry George, MD
|Principal Investigator: Juan Crestanello, MD
|The OhioHealth Research Institute
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43214
|Principal Investigator: Steven Yakubov, MD
|Principal Investigator: Daniel Watson, MD
|United States, Oklahoma
|Oklahoma Heart Institute
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73120
|Principal Investigator: Mohammad K.J. Ghani, MD
|Principal Investigator: Robert Mark Bodenhamer, MD
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Geisinger Medical Center
|Danville, Pennsylvania, United States, 17822
|Principal Investigator: Alfred Casale, MD
|Principal Investigator: Kimberly Skelding, MD
|University of Pennsylvania Health System
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Principal Investigator: Howard Herrmann, MD
|Principal Investigator: Joseph Bavaria, MD
|University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|Principal Investigator: Thomas Gleason, MD
|Principal Investigator: Joon Sup Lee, MD
|Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute
|Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 17043
|Principal Investigator: William Bachinsky, MD
|Principal Investigator: Mubashir Mumtaz, MD
|United States, Tennessee
|Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38120
|Principal Investigator: Basil M Paulus, MD
|Principal Investigator: H. Edward Garrett, Jr, MD
|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
|Principal Investigator: Mark Robbins, MD
|Principal Investigator: Stephen Ball, MD
|United States, Texas
|Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75226
|Principal Investigator: Robert Hebeler, MD
|Principal Investigator: Robert Stoler, MD
|Medical City Hospital - Dallas
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230
|The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator: Michael Reardon, MD
|Principal Investigator: Neal Kleiman, MD
|The Heart Hospital - Baylor Plano
|Plano, Texas, United States, 75093
|Principal Investigator: David Brown, MD
|Principal Investigator: William Ryan, MD
|United States, Utah
|Intermountain Medical Center
|Active, not recruiting
|Murray, Utah, United States, 84107
|United States, Vermont
|University of Vermont
|Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05401
|Contact: Kimberly Luebbers 802-847-0000
|Principal Investigator: Harold Dauermann, MD
|Principal Investigator: Joseph Schmoker, MD
|United States, Virginia
|Sentara Cardiovascular
|Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507
|Contact: Brent Beta 757-388-6144
|Principal Investigator: Paul Mahoney, MD
|Principal Investigator: Joseph Newton, MD
|Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital
|Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23226
|Principal Investigator: David Scott Lim, MD
|Principal Investigator: Marc Robert Katz, MD
|United States, Wisconsin
|Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53215
|Principal Investigator: Daniel O'Hair, MD
|Principal Investigator: Tanvir Bajwa, MD
|Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
|Edegem, Belgium
|Canada, Ontario
|London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
|Active, not recruiting
|London, Ontario, Canada
|Sunnybrook Research Institute
|Active, not recruiting
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5
|Toronto General Hospital (University Health Network)
|Active, not recruiting
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4
|Canada, Quebec
|McGill University Health Center - Royal Victoria Hospital
|Active, not recruiting
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1
|Montreal Heart Institute
|Active, not recruiting
|Montreal, Canada
|University of Ottawa Heart Institute
|Ottawa, Canada
|Active, not recruiting
|Copenhagen, Denmark
|Clinique Pasteur
|Toulouse, France, 31076
|Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg • Bad Krozingen
|Active, not recruiting
|Bad Krozingen, Germany, 79106
|Universitätsklinikum Bonn
|Active, not recruiting
|Bonn, Germany
|Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen
|Active, not recruiting
|Munich, Germany
|Amphia Hospital Breda
|Active, not recruiting
|Breda, Netherlands
|Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
|Active, not recruiting
|Leeuwarden, Netherlands
|St. Antonius Hospital, R & D Cardiology
|Active, not recruiting
|Nieuwegein, Netherlands
|Erasmus Medical Center - Rotterdam
|Active, not recruiting
|Rotterdam, Netherlands
|Servicio de Cardiologia del Hospital Virgen de la Victoria
|Active, not recruiting
|Malaga, Spain
|Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
|Active, not recruiting
|Oviedo, Spain
|Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Stockholm
|Active, not recruiting
|Stockholm, Sweden, 171 76
|Bern University Hospital
|Active, not recruiting
|Bern, Switzerland
|Universitatsspital Zurich
|Active, not recruiting
|Zurich, Switzerland
|United Kingdom
|Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
|Brighton, United Kingdom
|Leeds General Infirmary
|Active, not recruiting
|Leeds, United Kingdom
|Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
|Active, not recruiting
|Leicester, United Kingdom, LE5 4PW
|St. George's Hospital London
|Active, not recruiting
|London, United Kingdom, SW170QT
|Principal Investigator:
|Stephan Windecker, MD, PhD
|Bern University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|A. Pieter Kappetein, MD, PhD
|Erasmus Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Rüdiger Lange, MD, PhD
|Deutsches Herzzentrum München
|Principal Investigator:
|Thomas Walther, MD, PhD
|Kerckhoff Klinik
|Principal Investigator:
|Jeffrey J. Popma, MD
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael J. Reardon, MD
|The Methodist Hospital System
|Principal Investigator:
|David H. Adams, MD
|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
|Study Chair:
|Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, MD
|Erasmus Medical Center
|Study Chair:
|Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD
|National Heart & Lung Institute of Imperial College in London
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Medtronic Cardiovascular
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01586910 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 24, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 18, 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Constriction, Pathologic
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Heart Valve Diseases
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017


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34th Infantry Division. 1st Lt. Rifle Platoon. Salerno. Anzio. [Wounded]. Rome. Livorno [Wounded. Hospital Hepatitis]. Home.
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34th Infantry Division. 1st Lt. Rifle Platoon. Salerno. Anzio. [Wounded]. Rome. Livorno [Wounded. Hospital Hepatitis]. Home.
1944 — Pisa Italy
The Italian Campaign along the western roads was normally characterized by a controlled withdrawl of German troops from rolling countryside and farming valleys. Most strategic points in the abandoned landscape were dialed into mortar sights or booby-trapped. Platoon commanders like my father were constantly instructing their troops to avoid traps - obvious stream fords, bridges, barns, etc, as these were typical targets for artillery.
As Allied troops approached Pisa, a flat farming valley, artillery fire become well directed and intolerable. Further inspection of the enemy showed that German artillery spotters had taken up residence in the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Command told the 34th division that under no circumstances should the famous tower be shelled.
This was a job for the Italian Resistance. It took awhile.
Grasping for ways to motivate the locals to remove the Germans from the Leaning Tower, my father told me that his commanders gave the Italians an ultimatum " Look, we can't destroy The Tower. We both know that. However, if you don't get the Germans out, we'll do the job. And afterwards, we'll send in our engineers, fix The Leaning Tower's foundations, and straigten it out."
The Italians removed the Germans the next day.
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