First-in-man evaluation of the transapical APICA ASC™ access and closure device: The initial 10 patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1057-1062

  Blumenstein, Johannes ^a   Kempfert, Joerg ^a   Van linden, Arnaud ^a   Arsalan, Mani ^a   Schmidt, Sina K ^a   Mollmann, Helge ^a   Kim, Won Keun ^a   Thourani, Vinod ^b   Walther, Thomas ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Minimally invasive surgery; Transapical aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

AGED; APICAL ACCESS STABILIZATION AND CLOSURE DEVICE; ARTICLE; CATHETER SHEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBOLIZATION COIL; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VASCULAR GUIDE WIRE;

AORTIC STENOSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; TRANSAPICAL AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84887675085     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt198     Document Type: Article

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