Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement Following Root Enlargement on too Narrow Annulus to Perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

This study concluded that minimally-invasive aortic valve replacement following root enlargement can be an option for the treatment of elderly patients with aortic stenosis accompanied by an annulus that is too small to perform transcatheter aortic valve implantation. PMID: 29743418 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29743418?dopt=Abstract

Source: International Heart Journal - May 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Heart J Source Type: research