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Balloon expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation with or without pre-dilation of the aortic valve – rationale and design of a multicenter registry (EASE-IT)

BACKGROUND: In patients with severe calcific aortic stenosis, balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) is routinely performed in order to pre-dilate the stenosed aortic valve prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Although pre-dilation is considered to be essential for the preparation of...

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Autores principales: Bramlage, Peter, Strauch, Justus, Schröfel, Holger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-160