Infective complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Results from a single centre

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 360-364

  Onsea, K ^a   Agostoni, P ^a   Voskuil, M ^a   Samim, M ^a   Stella, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complication; Infection; TAVI

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84866246031     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-012-0303-9     Document Type: Article

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