Start-up of the program of transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a balloon-expandable Edwards Sapien XT transcatheter heart valve. Description of the first case in Mexico.
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: eidguering@yahoo.com.
Guering
G
Eid-Lidt
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Jorge
J
Gaspar
Department of Echocardiography, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Antonio
A
Arias
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Samuel
S
Ramírez
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Félix
F
Damas
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Valentín
V
Herrera
Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Javier
J
Molina
Quebec Heart Institute and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph
J
Rodés-Cabau
D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D016730:Program Development; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography