CoreValve Transfemoral Approach

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Introduction

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was first performed by Alain Cribier in 20021 using the balloon-expandable Cribier-Edwards valve. Soon after, the self-expandable CoreValve ReValving system (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota) was introduced based on a completely different design concept.2 Initial reports on safety and technical feasibility of these two new technologies raised expectations among interventional cardiologists,3–5 and both prostheses have undergone rapid development and implementation t



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Edwards-SAPIEN Aortic Valve Transapical Approach

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Abstract

The Edwards-SAPIEN aortic valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California) transapical approach was introduced into clinical practice in 2005. After feasibility studies, CE mark was obtained by the end of 2007. It is applied in operations on high-risk patients with calcific aortic valve stenosis, and allows for a less invasive replacement of the diseased native valve. Initially, patients were placed on cardiopulmonary bypass as a safety net, but improvements in periprocedural management soon allowed for truly off-pump implantation of these prostheses.
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