Transaxillary approach: Short- and mid-term results in a single-center experience

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 361-365

  Cioni, Micaela ^a   Taramasso, Maurizio ^a   Giacomini, Andrea ^a   Montorfano, Matteo ^a   Latib, Azeem ^a   Colombo, Antonio ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a   Maisano, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Transaxillary approach; Transcatheter aortic valve

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSAXILLARY AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 84857883199     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e318248e9ed     Document Type: Article

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