title: Current approach to transfemoral aortic valve replacement.
abstract: We present a case of a 73 year-old male with severe aortic stenosis and high perioperative risk who was considered as candidate for percutaneous valve treatment. After precise clinical assessment, the subject underwent successful transfemoral aortic valve replacement with 29 mm device in analgosedation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. kleczu@interia.pl
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kleczyński
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sorysz
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Rzeszutko
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trębacz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomala
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sobczyński
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagieński
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bobrowska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadowski
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dudek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents