Open AccessRupture of the Device Landing Zone During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Author(s) -
Miralem Pašić,
Axel Unbehaun,
Stephan Dreysse,
Semih Buz,
Thorsten Drews,
Marian Kukucka,
Giuseppe D’Ancona,
Burkhardt Seifert,
Roland Hetzer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1941-7632
pISSN - 1941-7640
DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.111.967315
Subject(s) - geology , cardiology , medicine
Iatrogenic damage of different structures of the aortic root, in the region of the so-called "device landing zone," may occur during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). It is mostly considered difficult to treat or even untreatable.
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