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Two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for aortic annular sizing in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

BACKGROUND: Accurate preoperative assessment of the aortic annulus dimension is crucial for successful transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In this study we examined the accuracy of a novel method using two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (2D-TEE) for measurement of the aorti...

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Autores principales: Sherif, Mohammad A., Ince, Hüseyin, Maniuc, Octavian, Reiter, Therese, Voelker, Wolfram, Ertl, Georg, Öner, Alper
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-015-0181-3