Transapical access and closure devices: Rationale and current status

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1613-1617

  Blumenstein, Johannes ^a   Kempfert, Joerg ^a   Kim, Won ^a   Liebetrau, Christoph ^a   Möllmann, Helge ^a   Walther, Thomas ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Closure device; Percutaneous; Transapical; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation; Transfemoral

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; THORACOTOMY; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84888041969     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2013.847788     Document Type: Article

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