Management of acute left main obstruction after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: The "tunnel technique"

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142.e5-142.e9

  Fiorina, Claudia ^a   Curello, Salvatore ^a   Maffeo, Diego ^a   Lorusso, Roberto ^a   Chizzola, Giuliano ^a   Ettori, Federica ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Left main occlusion; TAVR

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84859631680     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: 18780938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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