Learning curves for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the PARTNER-I trial: Technical performance

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 154-162

  Alli, Oluseun ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^b   Suri, Rakesh M ^c   Greason, Kevin L ^b   Waksman, Ron ^d   Minha, Sa'Ar ^d   Torguson, Rebecca ^d   Pichard, Augusto D ^d   Mack, Michael ^e   Svensson, Lars G ^c,f   Rajeswaran, Jeevanantham ^c,f   Lowry, Ashley M ^c   Ehrlinger, John ^c   Tuzcu, E Murat ^c   Thourani, Vinod H ^g   Makkar, Raj ^h   Blackstone, Eugene H ^c,f   Leon, Martin B ^f,i   Holmes, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f PARTNER Publications Office   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

learning curve; procedural efficiency; transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; AVERAGE PROCEDURE TIME; CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; CONTRAST VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY TIME; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC MIXED EFFECTS MODEL; PATIENT SEQUENCE NUMBER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURE TIME PLATEAU; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEMI PARAMETRIC MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE LEARNING CURVE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSFEMORAL TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; VERY ELDERLY; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84954237797     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26120     Document Type: Article

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