Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement of a Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a Heart Transplant Recipient

Patients with heart transplants who present with severe aortic stenosis may be deemed high-risk surgical candidates due to immunosuppression and multiple comorbid conditions. Appropriately selected patients may be successfully treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement. (Level of Difficulty...

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Autores principales: Beale, Robert, Beale, Charles, DeNofrio, David, Gordon, Paul, Levine, Daniel, Sodha, Neel, Yousefzai, Rayan, Apostolidou, Eirini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: TAVR
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.03.028
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Sumario:Patients with heart transplants who present with severe aortic stenosis may be deemed high-risk surgical candidates due to immunosuppression and multiple comorbid conditions. Appropriately selected patients may be successfully treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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