Open issues in transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Part 1: Patient selection and treatment strategy for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 2627-2638

  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)

more..

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Coronary artery disease; Imaging; Mitral regurgitation; Patient selection; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT RISK; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84907560010     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu256     Document Type: Review

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