Transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Edwards Sapien valve: Feasibility, technical considerations, and clinical advantages

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 746-748

  Etienne, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Papadatos, Spiridon ^a,b   El Khoury, Elie ^a,b   Pieters, Denis ^a,b   Price, Joel ^a,b   Glineur, David ^a,b  

^a Clinique St Luc Bouge   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 79960938541     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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