Ventricular prosthesis embolization during transapical aortic valve implantation: The role of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227.e1-227.e4

  Erdoes, Gabor ^a   Wenaweser, Peter ^a   Kadner, Alexander ^a   Basciani, Reto ^a   Carrel, Thierry ^a   Eberle, Balthasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Complication; Embolization; Transapical aortic valve implantation; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551530124     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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