[Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation]

Harefuah. 2012 Apr;151(4):237-41, 252.
[Article in Hebrew]

Abstract

Aortic valve stenosis is associated with severe morbidity and death within several years of symptom onset, and its accepted treatment is surgical aortic valve replacement. However, many affected patients are not referred for surgery because of old age and significant comorbidities. In recent years, an alternative treatment approach has been developed, transcatheter aortic-valve implantation. In this review we would like to describe this treatment modality and to present several cases performed in our center.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Catheterization / methods*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans