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TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY
- Source :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:2170
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Exposing the heart to external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) increases the risk of heart disease sevenfold. We report 23 patients with previous EBRT and critical aortic stenosis (AS) who were treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Of the 424 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI
Details
- ISSN :
- 07351097
- Volume :
- 67
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b99568964ce5d75440ef63c37ba02232
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(16)32171-4