| Literature DB >> 15561078 |
Georg Lutter1, Reza Ardehali, Jochen Cremer, Philipp Bonhoeffer.
Abstract
Percutaneous valve implantation is the development of a foldable heart valve that can be mounted on an expandable stent delivered percutaneously through standard catheter-based techniques and implanted within a diseased valve annulus. In cases with severe aortic stenosis, the diseased valve has to be pre-dilated. To perform a true replacement the diseased valve has to be ablated and removed. In this article, we review the development of percutaneous valve replacement technology and discuss future prospects in this field.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15561078 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.09.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN: 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330