Feasibility of transapical aortic valve implantation fully guided by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1022-1024

  Dumont, Eric ^a   Lemieux, Jerôme ^a   Doyle, Daniel ^a   Rodés Cabau, Josep ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 70349204168     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.036     Document Type: Article

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