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- Title
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: from revolution to evolution.
- Authors
Wui Tay, Edgar Lik; Kian-Keong Poh; Wei Luen Yip, James; Kong, William K. F.; Tay, Edgar Lik Wui; Poh, Kian-Keong; Yip, James Wei Luen; Kong, William Kf
- Abstract
The article offers information on the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and its role in the treatment of aortic valve stenosis. Topics discussed include procedure consisting of the delivery of an aortic valve prosthesis compressed into a smaller profile through the femoral artery, role of computed tomography in understanding patient's root anatomy in making TAVI successful and utilization of TAVI in groups of patients excluded in the initial clinical trials.
- Subjects
AORTIC valve transplantation; AORTIC stenosis treatment; FEMORAL artery; COMPUTED tomography; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
Singapore Medical Journal, 2016, Vol 57, Issue 7, p406
- ISSN
0037-5675
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.11622/smedj.2016122