Occlusion of the left main stem: A rare, but life-threatening complication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Medtronic CoreValve™ prosthesis

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 323-326

  Zahn, Ralf ^a,d   Schiele, Rudolf ^a   Zeymer, Uwe ^a   Bauer, Timm ^a   Lehmann, Andreas ^b   Cornelius, Bernd ^c   Sack, Falk Udo ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitszentrums Aue   (Germany)

^c Zentralinstitut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie   (Germany)

^d Medizinischen Klinik C   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84876465535     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-013-0538-5     Document Type: Letter

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