Thoracic Malignancies and Pulmonary Nodules in Patients under Evaluation for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Incidence, Follow Up and Possible Impact on Treatment Decision.

Thoracic Malignancies and Pulmonary Nodules in Patients under Evaluation for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Incidence, Follow Up and Possible Impact on Treatment Decision.

BACKGROUND:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the treatment of choice in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis who are not eligible for operative replacement and an alternative for those with high surgical risk. Due to high age and smoking history in a high proportion of...

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Main Authors: Lars Henning Schmidt, Benedikt Vietmeier, Gerrit Kaleschke, Christoph Schülke, Dennis Görlich, Christoph Schliemann, Torsten Kessler, Arik Bernard Schulze, Boris Buerke, Andreas Kuemmel, Michael Thrull, Rainer Wiewrodt, Helmut Baumgartner, Wolfgang E Berdel, Michael Mohr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4865104?pdf=render

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