Avoiding coronary obstruction after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Is it the skirt or what's inside that counts?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Apr;153(4):819-820. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.11.034. Epub 2016 Nov 21.

Authors

Mohamad Alkhouli¹, Vinay Badhwar²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Electronic address: vinay.badhwar@wvumedicine.org.

PMID: 28190608
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.11.034

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MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery
Bioprosthesis*
Coronary Occlusion*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement*