Transapical access: Current status and future directions

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Blumenstein, Johannes ^a   Van Linden, Arnaud ^a   Arsalan, Mani ^a   Moellmann, Helge ^a   Liebtrau, Christoph ^a   Walther, Thomas ^a   Kempfert, Joerg ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

aortic valve; minimal invasive; mitral valve; transapical

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVES; CURRENT STATUS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; MINIMAL INVASIVE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MITRAL VALVES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TRANSAPICAL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTERY INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 83155160732     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.11.66     Document Type: Review

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