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Transesophageal echocardiography measurements of aortic annulus diameter using biplane mode in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

BACKGROUND: Aortic stenosis (AS) is a relevant common valve disorder. Severe AS and symptoms and/or left ventricular dysfunction (EF <50%) have the indication for aortic valve replacement (AVR). Majority of the patients with AS are elderly often with co-morbidities and generally have high preoper...

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Autores principales: Shahgaldi, Kambiz, da Silva, Cristina, Bäck, Magnus, Rück, Andreas, Manouras, Aristomenis, Sahlén, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23360595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-11-5