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Transfemoral aortic valve replacement in a nonagenarian with aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloidosis: case report

BACKGROUND: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is diagnosed with increasing frequency in the elderly population with severe aortic stenosis (AS), especially with the low-flow, low- gradient phenotype. Prognosis is poor with no treatment. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient is a 94-year-old active male who presente...

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Autores principales: Akras, Deena, Bullinger, Keith, Kondapaneni, Meera, Siraj, Aisha, Akhrass, Rami, Aneja, Ashish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8905911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35260184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-01776-z