Introduction and Preface:
Ingredients to success:
Patrick W Serruys and Peter de Jaegere- Proper patient selection
- Attention to detail
- Operator experience
- Good aftercare
- Use of the right materials
Part 1. The anatomy of the aortic valvar complex and lessons learned from post-mortem studies
- Anatomy of the aortic valvar complex: Robert Anderson, Anton Becker, and Nicolo Piazza
- Post-mortem studies of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Raoul Bonan, Renu Virmani, Gaku Nakazawa, Stéphane Noble, Anita Asgar, Marc Vorpahl
Part 2. Tips and Tricks before the procedure
- Imaging (TTE- 2D and 3, TEE, 2D and 3D, MSCT, etc.): JJ Bax, Victoria Delgado, and Lauren Tops, Frank van der Kley, Joanne D. Schuijf, Martin J. Schalij
- Risk stratification for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A. Pieter Kappetein, Menno van Gameren, Ad J.J.C. Boger, and Nicolo Piazza
- Patient Selection:Augusto Pichard, Itsik Ben Dor, Lowell Satler, Ron Waksman, Nicolo Piazza, Peter de Jaegere, Ganesh Manoharan, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys
- Specifications of prosthetic heart valve and delivery catheter system: Jodi Akin, Rob Michiels
Part 3. Tips and Tricks during the procedure
- Anesthesia: F. Javier Orellana Ramos (from Thoraxcenter), Hofland J
- Vascular Access (femoral, subclavian, retroperitoneal, transapical): Jean-Claude Laborde
- Femoral puncture, vascular closure device and complications: Lucas van Dijk, Peter P.T. de Jaegere, Jurgen M.R. Ligthart, Joke M. Hendriks, Peter M.T. Pattynama, Patrick W. Serruys
- Imaging (TTE- 2D and 3, TEE, 2D and 3D, MSCT, etc.): Murat Tuzcu and Samir Kapadia,/i>
- Crossing valve with the guidewire: Alain Cribier and Helene Eltchaninoff
- Percutaneous aortic balloon valvotomy (PABV) and rapid pacing: Alan Cribier and Helene Eltchaninoff
- Advancing the delivery system across the aorta and valve:Peter Block and Vasilis Babaliaros, Zahid Junagadhwalla, Eberhard Grube, Ulrich Gerckens, and Lutz Buellesfeld
- Correct Positioning and Deployment: Peter de Jaegere, Nicolo Piazza, A Tzikas, Carl Schultz, Robert Jan van Geuns, Patrick W Serruys, John Webb, Fabian Nietlispach, Thomas Walther, Jörg Kempfert, Todd Dewey
- Complications- 24 hours vs. 30-day adverse events:Jean-Claude Laborde and Ruediger Lange, John Webb, Jean-Bernard Masson, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, Jian Ye, Anson Cheung, John G Webb
Part 4. Tips and Tricks after the procedure Post-procedural
- ICU care: Axel Linke and J Schuler
- Post-discharge care and long term follow-up: Alec Vahanian, Dominique Himbert, Gregory Ducrocq
- Imaging (TTE- 2D and 3, TEE, 2D and 3D, MSCT, etc.): Carl Schultz, N Piazza, RJ van Geuns, P de Feyter, PW Serruys, P de de Jaegere
Part 5. New Devices
Appendix- New and Upcoming Valves- Introduction
- Direct Flow
- Heart Leaflet
- JenaValve
- Patrick W. Serruys, Erasmus University, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Nicolo Piazza, Erasmus University, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Alain Cribier, University of Rouen, Rouen, France
- John Webb, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Jean-Claude Laborde, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
- Peter de Jaegere, Erasmus University, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
