The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages e32-e34 , August 2010

Feasibility of transapical aortic valve implantation guided by intracardiac ultrasound without angiography

  • Enrico Ferrari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Enrico Ferrari, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hôpitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), 46, rue du Bugnon, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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  • Carlo Marcucci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Stefano Di Bernardo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Cardiology Unit, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Ludwig Karl von Segesser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

Received 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 1 January 2010.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00034-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.01.007

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages e32-e34 , August 2010

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