Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
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Ronen Gurvitch; Edgar L. Tay; Namal Wijesinghe; J. Ye; Fabian Nietlispach; David
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a rapidly evolving strategy for therapy of aortic stenosis. We describe the effect of the learning curve from the first 270 high‐risk patients in Vancouver, Canada. Methods: Patients underwent TAVI by transfemoral (63%) or tr