Impella support following emergency percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and cardiogenic shock

Background: To investigate the feasibility and outcomes of Impella 2.5 support in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) and cardiogenic shock (CS), who underwent emergency percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) with or without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods and...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Karatolios, Georgios Chatzis, Ulrich Luesebrink, Birgit Markus, Holger Ahrens, Dimitris Tousoulis, Bernhard Schieffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966617305419