Cor Vasa 2010, 52(11-12):750-752
Percutaneous aortic valve implantantion and the PARTNER trial
- 1 Interní kardiologická klinika, Fakultní nemocnice Brno a Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity
- 2 Centrum kardiovaskulární a transplantační chirurgie, Brno, Česká republika
Surgical aortic valve replacement is the most long-term effective treatment modality for patients with aortic stenosis. In patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at very high operative risk, percutaneous (transcatheter) aortic valve implantation can be used as an effective and relatively safe treatment method. This is especially true in patients classified as inoperable where aortic valve implantation is the only treatment possibility significantly decreasing mortality and the need for further hospitalizations.
Keywords: Aortic stenosis; Percutaneous treatment; Aortic valve implantation
Published: November 1, 2010 Show citation
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