A new training set-up for trans-apical aortic valve replacement

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 599-601

  Abdel Sayed, Philippe ^a   Kalejs, Martins ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig Karl ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Pulmonary valve replacement; Stereolithography; Surgical training; Translucent heart model; Valved stent

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PULMONARY VALVE; SILICONES;

EID: 66849142182     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.204149     Document Type: Article

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