The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
INTERVENTIONS FOR STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
Occurrence and prognostic impact of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in transfemoral and transapical aortic valve implantation with balloon- and self-expandable valves
EuroIntervention 2015;10:1468-1473 published online ahead of print June 2014. DOI: 10.4244/EIJY14M06_05
Thomas Schwietz1, MD; Sohil Behjati1, MD; Sameer Gafoor2, MD; Florian Seeger1, MD; Mirko Doss3, MD; Horst Sievert2, MD; Andreas M. Zeiher1, MD; Stephan Fichtlscherer1, MD; Ralf Lehmann4*, MD
1. Department of Cardiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; 2. CardioVascular Center, Frankfurt, Germany; 3. Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; 4.
Aims: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an alternative therapeutic option for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) and elevated surgical risk. Previous studies