title: [Percutaneous treatment of valvular heart diseases].
abstract: Surgical valve replacement represents the treatment of choice for symptomatic and severe valvular heart disease. However, the operative risk is increased in presence of advanced age and comorbidities, therefore such patients are often not deemed suitable for surgical treatment. Recently, percutaneous valve replacement has emerged as an optional treatment for such patients, particularly for treating severe aortic stenosis and severe mitral regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: U.O. Cardiologia, Dipartimento Cardiotoracico, Spedali Civili, Brescia.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ettori
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiorina
authors.forename: Felicia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lipartiti
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maffeo
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curello
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chizzola
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curnis
authors.forename: Ermanna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiari
authors.forename: Livio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dei Cas
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans