The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE
A meta-analysis on clinical outcomes after transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation by the Heart Team
EuroIntervention 2017;13:e168-e176 published online April 2017 published online e-edition June 2017. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00103
Hafid Amrane1*, MD; Fabiano Porta1, MD; Ad J. Van Boven2, MD, PhD; A. Pieter Kappetein3, MD, PhD; Stuart J. Head3, MD, PhD
1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; 2. Department of Cardiology, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; 3. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotter
Aims: We aimed to perform a meta-analysis on transaortic (TAo) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in order to gain more insight into the safety and efficacy of the approach in