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Awake transapical aortic valve implantation
Francesco Dimitri Petridis1, Carlo Savini, Andrea Castelli
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy. fdpetridis@vodafone.it
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
|February 21, 2012
Abstract:
Transapical aortic valve implantation is being employed as a less invasive alternative to open heart surgery in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. Here we report the case of an awake transapical aortic valve implantation in a patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
