Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Tips and Tricks to Avoid Failure

The Anatomy of the Aortic Valvar Complex Robert H. Anderson, Anton Becker, and Nicolo Piazza

Accumulation of Worldwide Experience with Postmortem Studies of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation—What Should We Be Avoiding? Renu Virmani, Raoul Bonan, Gaku Nakazawa, St´ephane Noble, Anita Asgar, and Marc Vorpahl

Imaging—How Can It Help Before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation? Victoria Delgado, Laurens F. Tops, Frank van der Kley, Joanne D. Schuijf, Martin J. Schalij, and Jeroen J. Bax

Risk Stratification for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation A. Pieter Kappetein, Menno van Gameren, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, and Nicolo Piazza

Patient Selection—Risk Assessment and Anatomical Selection Criteria for Patients Undergoing Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation with the Edwards SAPIEN Prosthetic Heart Valve Itsik Ben Dor, Lowell Satler, Ron Waksman, and Augusto Pichard

Patient Selection for the CoreValve ReValving System Nicolo Piazza, Peter de Jaegere, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys, and Ganesh Manoharan

CoreValve ReValving System for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement Rob Michiels

The Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve System Jodi Akin and Pooja Sharma

Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation F. J. Orellana Ramos and J. Hofland

Tips and Tricks during the Procedure: Options for Vascular Access (Femoral, Subclavian, Transaortic, and Transapical) Jean-Claude Laborde and Rüdiger Lange

Percutaneous Placement and Removal of Large Diameter Femoral Artery Sheaths with the Prostar XL Device Lukas C. van Dijk, Peter M. T. Pattynama, Peter de Jaegere, Jurgen M. R. Ligthart, Patrick W. Serruys, and Joke M. Hendriks

Intraprocedural Imaging: Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement Samir R. Kapadia and E. Murat Tuzcu

Tips and Tricks for Crossing the Aortic Valve with a Guidewire (Retrograde Approach) Alain Cribier and Hélène Eltchaninoff

Preimplantation Percutaneous Aortic Balloon Valvotomy (Retrograde Approach) Alain Cribier and Hélène Eltchaninoff

Advancing the Delivery System across the Aorta and Valve (Edwards SAPIEN Valve) Peter C. Block, Vasilis Babaliaros, and Zahid Junagadhwalla

Advancing the Delivery System across the Aorta and Valve (CoreValve) Eberhard Grube, Ulrich Gerckens, Georg Latsios, and Lutz Buellesfeld

Implantation of the CoreValve ReValving System Peter de Jaegere, Nicolo Piazza, A. Tzikas, Carl Schultz, Robert Jan van Geuns, and Patrick W. Serruys

Implantation of the Edwards SAPIEN Valve Fabian Nietlispach and John G. Webb

Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation—Procedural Steps Thomas Walther, Jörg Kempfert, and Todd Dewey

Complications at the Time of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Jean-Claude Laborde, Sabine Bleiziffer, and Rüdiger Lange

Acute and Early Complications of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation with the Balloon-Expandable Edwards System Jean-Bernard Masson and John G. Webb

Complications of Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: Tips and Tricks to Avoid Failure Jian Ye, Anson Cheung, John G. Webb, and Samuel V. Lichtenstein

ICU Care Axel Linke and Gerhard Schuler

Postdischarge and Follow-Up Care Dominique Himbert, Gregory Ducrocq, and Alec Vahanian

Tips and Tricks for Imaging Percutaneously Implanted Aortic Valve Prostheses Carl Schultz, Nicolo Piazza, Robert Jan van Geuns, P. de Feyter, Patrick W. Serruys, and Peter de Jaegere

Appendix 1: Second-Generation Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant System Reginald Low

Appendix 2: Direct Flow Medical Reginald Low

Appendix 3: Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc., Transcatheter Aortic Valve Spencer H. Kubo, John Gainor, William Mirsch, Richard Schroeder, Jonas Runquist, and Robert F. Wilson

Appendix 4: Sadra Medical Lotus Valve System Ken Martin, Amr Salaheih, Jill Amstutz, and Leah Lepak

Appendix 5: The JenaValve Technology Hans Figulla

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