title: Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the balloon expandable SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve device.
abstract: Transcatheter alternatives to standard aortic valve replacement have been developed to reduce the anticipated mortality and morbidity of therapy in patients in whom the risk of conventional surgery for critical aortic stenosis is considered to be too high. Patient selection, multidisciplinary approach and trained physicians are fundamental for the success of the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Raffaele Hospital IRCCS, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maisano
authors.forename: Iassen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michev
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Denti
authors.forename: Ottavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alfieri
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo