TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous Valve Procedures
T2 - An Update
AU - Tops, Laurens F.
AU - Kapadia, Samir R.
AU - Tuzcu, E. Murat
AU - Vahanian, Alec
AU - Alfieri, Ottavio
AU - Webb, John G.
AU - Bax, Jeroen J.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Valvular heart disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation account for the majority of patients with native valve disease. Although surgical treatment provides satisfactory outcome, a large proportion of patients do not undergo a surgical intervention, because of the high estimated operative risk and multiple comorbidities. Recently, new techniques that enable percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease have been developed and their feasibility has been reported in several studies. All techniques target a minimal invasive procedure with a low risk of procedure-related complications. In this article, an overview of the various percutaneous procedures for mitral and aortic valve disease is provided. In addition, an update on the ongoing trials in percutaneous valve procedures is presented. Finally, the role of imaging in performing percutaneous valve procedures will be discussed.
AB - Valvular heart disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation account for the majority of patients with native valve disease. Although surgical treatment provides satisfactory outcome, a large proportion of patients do not undergo a surgical intervention, because of the high estimated operative risk and multiple comorbidities. Recently, new techniques that enable percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease have been developed and their feasibility has been reported in several studies. All techniques target a minimal invasive procedure with a low risk of procedure-related complications. In this article, an overview of the various percutaneous procedures for mitral and aortic valve disease is provided. In addition, an update on the ongoing trials in percutaneous valve procedures is presented. Finally, the role of imaging in performing percutaneous valve procedures will be discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.05.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 18620099
AN - SCOPUS:46749112294
VL - 33
SP - 417
EP - 457
JO - Current Problems in Cardiology
JF - Current Problems in Cardiology
SN - 0146-2806
IS - 8
ER -