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Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

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Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

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Full title

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2010-10, Vol.363 (17), p.1597-1607

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Patients with aortic stenosis underwent transfemoral transcatheter implantation of a balloon-expandable bovine pericardial aortic valve. One-year mortality was lower with the balloon-expandable valve than with standard therapy, but the risk of stroke was higher.
Aortic stenosis is an insidious disease with a long latency period
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Full title

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_759876171

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_759876171

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa1008232

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