Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 370-376 , April 2010

Immediate and Long-Term Echocardiographic Findings after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for the Treatment of Aortic Stenosis: The Cribier-Edwards/Edwards-Sapien Valve Experience

  • Fabrice Bauer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
    • Research Laboratory, INSERM U644, Rouen Medical School, Rouen, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Fabrice Bauer, MD, Cardiology, Division of Echocardiography and Heart Failure Clinic, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, 1, rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen, France.
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  • Mathieu Lemercier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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  • Alan Zajarias, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
    • Research Laboratory, INSERM U644, Rouen Medical School, Rouen, France
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  • Christophe Tron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
    • Research Laboratory, INSERM U644, Rouen Medical School, Rouen, France
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  • Helene Eltchaninoff, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
    • Research Laboratory, INSERM U644, Rouen Medical School, Rouen, France
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  • Alain Cribier, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
    • Research Laboratory, INSERM U644, Rouen Medical School, Rouen, France

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PII: S0894-7317(10)00092-1

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.01.020

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 370-376 , April 2010

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