The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1150-1156 , November 2007

Surgical aspects of endovascular retrograde implantation of the aortic CoreValve bioprosthesis in high-risk older patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis

  • Bertrand Marcheix, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Yoan Lamarche, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Colin Berry, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Dr Berry was supported by a British Heart Foundation International Fellowship.
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  • Anita Asgar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Jean-Claude Laborde, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
    • Drs Bonan and Laborde are consultants to CoreValve, Inc, Paris, France.
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  • Arsène Basmadjian, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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  • André Denault, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Raoul Bonan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Drs Bonan and Laborde are consultants to CoreValve, Inc, Paris, France.
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  • Raymond Cartier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Raymond Cartier, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada.

Received 9 February 2007 ,Revised 3 July 2007 ,Accepted 10 July 2007.

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PII: S0022-5223(07)01300-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.031

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1150-1156 , November 2007

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