A New Experimental Device for Transapical Access of the Aortic and Mitral Valves as well as the Aorta in its Various Segments

Abstract Objective: To present the results of a new experimental device developed to facilitate the transapical access in endovascular treatment of structural heart diseases. It aims to reduce the risk of bleeding and complications in this type of access and demonstrate the device as a safe, fast a...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Paim, José Honório Palma da Fonseca, Francismar Vidal de Arruda Junior, Paulo Sampaio Gutierrez, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Fabio Biscegli Jatene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382017000300156&lng=en&tlng=en