title: [Catheter-assisted implantation of aortic valves in degenerative aortic stenosis].
abstract: While aortic valve replacement gives excellent short-term and long-term results and is now the "gold standard" treatment for the vast majority of patients with degenerative aortic stenosis, implantation by cardiac catheterization represents a source of hope for thousands of patients who previously had no effective treatment option.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Charles Nicolle, 1 rue de Germont, 76038 Rouen. alain.cribier@chu-rouen.fr
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cribier
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans