The transcatheter valve revolution: Time for a compensatory pause

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 674-676

  Welt, Frederick G P ^a   Davidson, Michael J ^a   Eisenhauer, Andrew C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic valve stenosis; Editorials; heart valve prosthesis; implantation; neural conduction

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84864705827     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.123513     Document Type: Review

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