Learning curves for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the PARTNER-I trial: Success and safety

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 165-175

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

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PARTNER Publications Office   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; device success; outcomes learning curves; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; transfemoral

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

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

EID: 84954386106     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26121     Document Type: Article

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