A Short Report on Single Stage Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Carotid Stenting

No consensus exists on the timing, safety, and efficacy of treating severe symptomatic aortic and carotid stenosis. In the older population and in the presence of multiple comorbidities that arise during the surgery, a less invasive transcatheter treatment may be the only reasonable option. We discu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gennari, Marco, Trabattoni, Piero, Bartorelli, Antonio L., Agrifoglio, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29250479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1608887
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Sumario:No consensus exists on the timing, safety, and efficacy of treating severe symptomatic aortic and carotid stenosis. In the older population and in the presence of multiple comorbidities that arise during the surgery, a less invasive transcatheter treatment may be the only reasonable option. We discuss this topic by analyzing a case of an 84-year-old man who underwent a combined single-stage transcatheter procedure.

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