title: Off-pump trans-apical trans-catheteraortic valve implantation: first successful case report in India.
abstract: Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation has emerged as an alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis considered to be at very high or prohibitive operative risk. We report the first successful Off-pump trans-apical trans-catheter aortic valve implantation in India for a case of severe calcific aortic stenosis with a Logistic Euroscore of 20%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Frontier Lifeline & Dr K M Cherian Heart Foundation, R 30 C Ambattur Industrial Estate Road, Chennai- 600 101, Tamil Nadu India. pvaijyanath@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaijyanath
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sasirekha
authors.forename: Joy M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Jose Honorio
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: Deigo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gaia
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baeta
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cherian
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications