New challenges for the surgeon in the modern era of transcatheter aortic valves: Early single center experience of their surgical explantation

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2023 Nov-Dec:74:77-80. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2023.09.007. Epub 2023 Sep 9.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Germany; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. Electronic address: spiliopoulos@med.uth.gr.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
⁵ Breast Cancer Surgery Unit, Army General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Germany.

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Keywords: Aortic stenosis; Challenges; Low risk; Surgical aortic valve replacement; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

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