Preinterventional screening of the TAVI patient: How to choose the suitable patient and the best procedure

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 259-274

  O'Sullivan, Crochan J ^a   Stortecky, Stefan ^a   Buellesfeld, Lutz ^a   Wenaweser, Peter ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Multimodality imaging; Patient selection; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY; ASCENDING AORTA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LOTUS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897021874     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-014-0676-4     Document Type: Review

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