Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with ascending aortic dilatation: Safety of the procedure and mid-term follow-up

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 228-233

  Rylski, Bartosz ^a,b   Szeto, Wilson Y ^a   Bavaria, Joseph E ^a   Walsh, Elizabeth ^a   Anwaruddin, Saif ^a   Desai, Nimesh D ^a   Moser, William ^a   Herrmann, Howard C ^a   Milewski, Rita K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascending aortic aneurysm; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTIC DILATATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905496389     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt594     Document Type: Article

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