Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Heart Disease, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, 1st Edition

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By Samin K. Sharma, MD, FSCAI, FACC and Igor Palacios
Among the most recently developed procedures for treating heart disease in a minimally invasive way are the techniques for percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease. These are important advances because the only alternative is open heart surge ...view more
Among the most recently developed procedures for treating heart disease in a minimally invasive way are the techniques for percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease. These are important advances because the only alternative is open heart surgery, which is not an option for many high-risk patients. This issue provides a detailed description of several percutaneous procedures, including trans-catheter aortic valve implantation.
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9781455738816
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17-04-2012
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Among the most recently developed procedures for treating heart disease in a minimally invasive way are the techniques for percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease. These are important advances because the only alternative is open heart surgery, which is not an option for many high-risk patients. This issue provides a detailed description of several percutaneous procedures, including trans-catheter aortic valve implantation.

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By Samin K. Sharma, MD, FSCAI, FACC, Mount Sinai Hospital and Igor Palacios, Director, Interventional Cardiology