John G Webb1, Sanjeevan Pasupati, Karin Humphries

  • 1Division of Cardiology, St Paul's Hospital and the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. webb@providencehealth.bc.ca

Circulation
|July 25, 2007
PubMed
まとめ

経皮性大動脈弁置換は,重度の大動脈狭窄症の高リスク患者にとって,侵襲性の少ない選択肢を提供します. この内血管外科手術は,伝統的なオープンハート手術と比較して,高い成功率と改善された患者のアウトカムを示しました.

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