Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: The Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Kappetein, A Pieter ^a   Head, Stuart J ^a   Généreux, Philippe ^a   Piazza, Nicolo ^a   Van Mieghem, Nicolas M ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Brott, Thomas G ^a   Cohen, David J ^a   Cutlip, Donald E ^a   Van Es, Gerrit Anne ^a   Hahn, Rebecca T ^a   Kirtane, Ajay J ^a   Krucoff, Mitchell W ^a   Kodali, Susheel ^a   MacK, Michael J ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a   Rodés Cabau, Josep ^a   Vranckx, Pascal ^a   Webb, John G ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HEART INJURIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84867310219     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs255     Document Type: Article

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