Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in aortic stenosis: the role of echocardiography.
Aortic stenosis is becoming an increasing health care problem as the population ages. Surgical aortic valve replacement remains the gold standard but is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates in elderly patients and those with multiple comorbidities. The authors explore transcatheter aortic valve implantation as an attractive alternative therapy in this high-risk population and outline its limitations and future directions, with a special emphasis on the role of echocardiography.
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Cleonie
C
Jayasuriya
Robert Rex
RR
Moss
Brad
B
Munt
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods