Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: Which patients are suitable for it? A quest for a controlled use

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-298

  di Marco, Francesca ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846397405     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.074     Document Type: Editorial

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