United States Feasibility Study of Transcatheter Insertion of a Stented Aortic Valve by the Left Ventricular Apex Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, Todd Dewey, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD, Eric E. Roselli, MD, Alan Stewart, MD, Matt Williams, MD, William N. Anderson, PhD, David Brown, MD, Marty Leon, MD, Bruce Lytle, MD, Jeffrey Moses, MD, Michael Mack, MD, Murat Tuzcu, MD, Craig Smith, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 1, Pages 46-55 (July 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.049 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier survival for all trans-left ventricular apex aortic valve insertion patients. Error bars at ±1 standard error. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 46-55DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.049) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival for patients referred to Cleveland Clinic for possible percutaneous trans-left ventricular apex aortic valve insertion or transfemoral aortic valve insertion. (AVR = conventional open aortic valve replacement; — = surgical AVR; - · - = percutaneous AVR; - - - = no intervention; ··· = aortic valvuloplasty.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 46-55DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.049) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions