TAVI or No TAVI: Identifying patients unlikely to benefit from transcatheter aortic valve implantation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 2016, Pages 2217-2225

  Puri, Rishi ^a,b,c   Iung, Bernard ^d,e   Cohen, David J ^f   Rodés Cabau, Josep ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Futility; Risk scores; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991716603     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv756     Document Type: Review

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