Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2010
Abstract
Approximately 20-30% of patients with aortic stenosis will not undergo recommended aortic valve replacement for some reason. The initial concepts of catheter-based valve implantation were developed more than 40 years ago.
The key person in the development of this valve is professor Cribier who was the first to perform catheter implantation of a valve into the aortic position in 2002. The balloonexpandable Edwards SAPIEN TM valve represents one of the two currently used systems.
The article deals with a detailed description of the technique of transfemoral implantation of this valve.