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Elena Mendes-Vasquez, MD

Interventional Cardiologist · Structural Heart Program
Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin · Berlin, DE
Verified · Q3 2026 Faculty · TAVR fellowship Reviewer · JACC · Circulation EN · DE · PT
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Overview Publications 31 Cases 148 Talks 22 Trials 18

About

Interventional cardiologist and structural-heart proceduralist based at Charité Berlin. Clinical focus on TAVR in low-risk populations, mitral-valve interventions, and CTO PCI. Currently PI on the ORBITA-COSMIC extension and co-investigator on the German arm of EARLY-MYO 3. Prior faculty at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (2019–2023).

Practice

Primary specialty
Interventional Cardiology
Sub-specialty
Structural heart · TAVR
Board certification
ESC · 2019 · reg 09112
Medical school
Universidade de São Paulo · 2011
Residency
Hospital Clínic Barcelona
Fellowship
Charité · Interv. Card · 2018
Procedural volume · 2025
312 PCI · 84 TAVR
Journal reviewer
JACC · Circulation · EHJ
Society memberships
ESC · SCAI · DGK

Experience

2023 — present Current

Attending, Interventional Cardiology

Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Lead structural-heart proceduralist. Faculty for the TAVR fellowship. Clinical trials PI (ORBITA-COSMIC extension).

2019 — 2023

Attending, Cardiology

Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

General and interventional cardiology, transitioning to full-time interventional practice in 2021.

2016 — 2018

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Charité Berlin

DGK-accredited fellowship. Thesis: outcomes in low-risk TAVR patients under 70.

Recent publications View all 31 →

2026

Three-year outcomes of early rhythm control in atrial fibrillation with heart failure: extension of EAST-AFNET.

NEJM Aug 2026 · doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2609814
12 cites
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2025

TAVR in low-surgical-risk patients under 70: five-year haemodynamic follow-up from the CHOICE-EXT registry.

JACC Nov 2025 · doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.014
34 cites
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2025

Real-world outcomes of CTO PCI in a European high-volume centre: propensity-matched cohort 2018–2024.

EuroIntervention May 2025
18 cites
2024

Antithrombotic strategies post-TAVR in patients with atrial fibrillation: a consensus statement.

Circulation 2024 · doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.068301
87 cites
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