First report on a human percutaneous tra
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Eberhard Grube; Jean C. Laborde; Bernfried Zickmann; Ulrich Gerckens; Thomas Fel
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background: Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is a new technology for the treatment of patients with significant aortic valve stenosis. We present the first report on a human implantation of a self-expanding aortic valve prosthesis, which is composed of three bovine pericardial leaflets inserted