Impact of "high" implantation on functionality of self-expandable bioprosthesis during the short- and long-term outcome of patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Is high implantation beneficial?

Manolis VavuranakisMaria KarioriLilly ScottKonstantinos KalogerasGerasimos SiasosDimitrios VrachatisMaria LavdaCharalampos KalantzisMichael VavuranakisEvangelia BeiCarmen-Maria MoldovanEvangelos OikonomouChristodoulos StefanadisDimitrios Tousoulis

Published in: Cardiovascular therapeutics (2018)

Implantation depth under 4 mm seems to have a favorable effect on long-term hemodynamic valve functionality.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve
aortic stenosis
aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
ejection fraction
left ventricular