Sutureless transapical access and closure to facilitate transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation: first-in-human use

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Aug 20;62(8):763. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.096. Epub 2013 Jun 14.

Authors

Johannes Blumenstein¹, Joerg Kempfert, Arnaud Van Linden, Mani Arsalan, Helge Mollmann, Won-Keun Kim, Thomas Walther

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany.

PMID: 23770050
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.096

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans