Atrial fibrillation and aortic stenosis: Impact on clinical outcomes among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-84

  Stortecky, Stefan ^a   Buellesfeld, Lutz ^a   Wenaweser, Peter ^a   Heg, Dik ^c   Pilgrim, Thomas ^a   Khattab, Ahmed A ^a   Gloekler, Steffen ^a   Huber, Christoph ^b   Nietlispach, Fabian ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a   Jüni, Peter ^c   Windecker, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Atrial fibrillation; Outcomes; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879156168     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.000124     Document Type: Article

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