The "minimalist approach" for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Should we land at an airport without a fire department?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Apr;151(4):1030-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.063. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

Authors

Torsten Doenst¹, P Christian Schulze²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Heart Center Thueringen, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Divisions of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology, and Intensive Medical Care, Department of Internal Medicine 1, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Germany.

PMID: 26774167
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.063

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Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects*
Female
Femoral Artery*
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / etiology*
Male