| Literature DB >> 20884424 |
Nicolas M Van Mieghem1, Apostolos Tzikas, Rutger-Jan Nuis, Carl Schultz, Peter P de Jaegere, Patrick W Serruys.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A 79-year-old female patient with past medical history of chronic myeloid leukaemia, presented to the outpatient cardiology clinic with shortness of breath (NYHA class 3) and fatigue. INVESTIGATION: Echocardiography (ECG) and multislice computed tomography (MSCT). DIAGNOSIS: Severe calcified aortic valve stenosis by echocardiography. Logistic EuroSCORE 10.3. Porcelain aorta by multislice computed tomography (MSCT). TREATMENT: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with an 18 Fr Medtronic-CoreValve system (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) using a right transfemoral arterial approach.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20884424 DOI: 10.4244/EIJV6I3A69
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EuroIntervention ISSN: 1774-024X Impact factor: 6.534