Severe aortic valve stenosis and the consequences of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement : a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

Background: Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) heralds a poor prognostic outlook and significant co-morbidity, with valve replacement the only definitive cure. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has developed as an alternative to the standard treatment of surgical aortic valve repla...

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Main Author: Fairbairn, Tim
Other Authors: Greenwood, John ; Plein, Sven
Published: University of Leeds 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605283