title: Sutureless transapical access and closure to facilitate transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation: first-in-human use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blumenstein
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kempfert
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Linden
authors.forename: Mani
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arsalan
authors.forename: Helge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mollmann
authors.forename: Won-Keun
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Walther
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans