Open issues in transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Part 2: Procedural issues and outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 2639-2654

  Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Bapat, Vinayak ^b   Baumgartner, Helmut ^c   Collet, Jean P ^d   Erbel, Raimund ^e   Hamm, Christian ^f   Kappetein, Arie P ^g   Leipsic, Jonathon ^h   Leon, Martin B ⁱ   MacCarthy, Philip ^j   Piazza, Nicolo ^k,l   Pibarot, Philippe ^m   Roberts, William C ⁿ   Rodés Cabau, Josep ^o   Serruys, Patrick W ^g   Thomas, Martyn ^b   Vahanian, Alec ^p   Webb, John ^h   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^q   Windecker, Stephan ^r   more..

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (United States)

^j KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^l Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery   (Germany)

^m LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁿ BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^p BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^q HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Access site; Aortic regurgitation; Complications; Registries; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL; TICAGRELOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; FORECASTING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STROKE;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STROKE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907560009     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu257     Document Type: Review

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