Transcatheter aortic valve insertion catastrophe in inoperable patients: Should aortic valve replacement be denied?

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 336-338

  Greason, Kevin L ^a   Bresnahan, John F ^a   Sorajja, Paul ^a   Suri, Rakesh M ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a   Mathew, Verghese ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880770009     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12127     Document Type: Article

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