Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Time to expand?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-116

  Walther, Thomas ^a   Chu, Michael W A ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve implantation; Transapical; Transcatheter; Transfemoral

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 40049092754     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e3282f47c1b     Document Type: Review

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