Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: Learning Curve With Reduced Operating Time and Radiation Exposure Giuseppe D'Ancona, MD, PhD, Miralem Pasic, MD, PhD, Axel Unbehaun, MD, Stephan Dreysse, MD, Thorsten Drews, MD, Semih Buz, MD, Marian Kukucka, MD, Alexander Mladenow, MD, Roland Hetzer, MD, PhD, Burkhardt Seifert, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 43-47 (January 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.070 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Changes in operating time (min) (logarithmic scale), over procedure consecutive number. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 43-47DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.070) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Changes in fluoroscopy time (min) (logarithmic scale), over procedure consecutive number. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 43-47DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.070) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions