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Valve on a Stick

Procedural and 30-day outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the third generation (18 Fr) CoreValve ReValving System: results from the multicentre, expanded evaluation registry l-year following CE mark approval (pdf)

To describe the procedural performance and 30-day outcomes folloWing implantation using the 18 Fr CoreValve Revalving System (CRS) as part of the multicentre, expanded evaluation registry, 1-year after obtaining...
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United States Feasibility Study of Transcatheter Insertion of a Stented Aortic Valve by the Left Ventricular Apex (pdf)

Recent US and European registries have indicated 30% to 60% of patients with critical valvular aortic stenosis (AS) are not treated surgically, usually due to advanced age and comorbidities. We report on a Food and Drug Administration approved feasibility study of a less invasive transcatheter...
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Transapical minimally invasive aortic valve implantation; the initial 50 patients (pdf)

To evaluate the feasibility of minimally invasive transapical beating heart aortic valve implantation (TAP-AVI) for high-risk patients with aortic stenosis...
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Critical Aortic Stenosis: Rationale, Device Descriptions, Early Clinical Experiences, and Perspectives (pdf)

The development of lesser invasive transcatheter techniques for aortic valve replacement (AVR) to treat high surgical risk patients with severe aortic stenosis CAS) has engendered controversy among traditional cardiovascular therapists. Presently, there are two...
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: time to expand? (pdf)

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is a new, emerging technique that has been performed in elderly and higher-risk patients suffering severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis....
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The Future Is Here! (pdf)

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the only effective treatment for symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS). In the ideal candidate, the operative mortality associated with AVR is 4%. ¹ With increasing age, patients with AS accrue other comorbidities that increase their surgical risk to prohibitive levels, limiting...
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Transcatheter Percutaneous and Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement (pdf)

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has evolved rapidly since the first successful procedure over 5 years ago. The femoral arterial and the left ventricular apical approaches are currently favored...
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Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis in High-Risk Patients Using the Second- and Current Third Generation Self-Expanding CoreValve Prosthesis (pdf)

Cardiac valve diseases are considered as a major public health problem. A recent large population-based study revealed a steep increase of the prevalence of valvular heart diseases with age...
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Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: Step by Step (pdf)

Transapical aortic valve implantation (TA-AVl) is a minimally invasive, off-pump technique to treat aortic stenosis. The procedure consists of a left anterolateral mini-thoracotomy for direct antegrade surgical access through the apex of the left ventricle, followed by transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Feasibility of TA-AVI has been proven by recent...
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