Percutaneous Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Assessing Results, Judging Outcomes, and Planning Trials

ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2006 • 8,548 citations

Burden of valvular heart diseases: a population-based study

2006 • 4,329 citations

European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE)

1999 • 3,394 citations

Percutaneous Transcatheter Implantation of an Aortic Valve Prosthesis for Calcific Aortic Stenosis

2002 • 3,025 citations

Risk factors and outcome in European cardiac surgery: analysis of the EuroSCORE multinational database of 19030 patients

1999 • 1,752 citations

ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2006 • 1,679 citations

Eurp-pean system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (Euro SCORE)

1999 • 1,349 citations

Percutaneous Transarterial Aortic Valve Replacement in Selected High-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis

2007 • 1,045 citations

Percutaneous replacement of pulmonary valve in a right-ventricle to pulmonary-artery prosthetic conduit with valve dysfunction

2000 • 1,027 citations

Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis in High-Risk Patients Using the Second- and Current Third-Generation Self-Expanding CoreValve Prosthesis

2007 • 969 citations

Percutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation Retrograde From the Femoral Artery

2006 • 899 citations

Treatment of Calcific Aortic Stenosis With the Percutaneous Heart Valve

2006 • 728 citations

Percutaneous Implantation of the CoreValve Self-Expanding Valve Prosthesis in High-Risk Patients With Aortic Valve Disease

2006 • 670 citations

Early experience with percutaneous transcatheter implantation of heart valve prosthesis for the treatment of end-stage inoperable patients with calcific aortic stenosis

2004 • 661 citations

Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery

2002 • 574 citations

Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Humans

2006 • 570 citations

Impact of Valve Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch on Short-Term Mortality After Aortic Valve Replacement

2003 • 550 citations

Observed and relative survival after aortic valve replacement

2000 • 517 citations

Transluminal implantation of artificial heart valves. Description of a new expandable aortic valve and initial results with implantation by catheter technique in closed chest pigs

1992 • 493 citations

Three-year outcome after balloon aortic valvuloplasty. Insights into prognosis of valvular aortic stenosis.

1994 • 469 citations

Propensity Scores in Cardiovascular Research

2007 • 444 citations

Reliability of risk algorithms in predicting early and late operative outcomes in high-risk patients undergoing aortic valve replacement

2007 • 416 citations

Prediction of operative mortality after valve replacement surgery

2001 • 409 citations

Risk stratification in heart surgery: comparison of six score systems

2000 • 342 citations

Transcatheter Implantation of a Bovine Valve in Pulmonary Position

2000 • 322 citations

Comparison of 19 pre-operative risk stratification models in open-heart surgery

2006 • 277 citations

Generic, Simple Risk Stratification Model for Heart Valve Surgery

2005 • 272 citations

First report on a human percutaneous transluminal implantation of a self-expanding valve prosthesis for interventional treatment of aortic valve stenosis

2005 • 253 citations

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement for severe aortic regurgitation in degenerated bioprosthesis: The first valve in valve procedure using the corevalve revalving system

2007 • 239 citations

Minimally invasive transapical beating heart aortic valve implantation — proof of concept

2006 • 235 citations

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Surgery Database: Current Risk Assessment

1997 • 225 citations

Percutaneous transluminal balloon valvuloplasty of adult aortic stenosis: Report of 92 cases

1987 • 224 citations

Natural history of early aortic paraprosthetic regurgitation: A five-year follow-up

1999 • 218 citations

Impact of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch on Cardiac Events and Midterm Mortality After Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Pure Aortic Stenosis

2006 • 216 citations

Impact of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch on Long-Term Survival in Patients With Small St Jude Medical Mechanical Prostheses in the Aortic Position

2006 • 208 citations

Risk Stratification, Systematic Classification, and Anticipatory Management Strategies for Stent Fracture After Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation

2007 • 203 citations

The mansfield scientific aortic valvuloplasty registry: Overview of acute hemodynamic results and procedural complications

1991 • 168 citations

Aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis in persons aged 80 years and over

1991 • 166 citations

Exploration of the Value of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Information From Clinical Research and Into Clinical Practice

2007 • 164 citations

Steps Toward Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement

2002 • 160 citations

Acute Improvement in Global and Regional Left Ventricular Systolic Function After Percutaneous Heart Valve Implantation in Patients With Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis

2004 • 146 citations

Risk factors for early mortality after valve surgery in Europe in the 1990s: lessons from the EuroSCORE pilot program.

2001 • 141 citations

Clinical and hemodynamic follow-up after percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty in the elderly

1988 • 138 citations

Perspective on valvular heart disease: An update

1989 • 134 citations

Early mortality in coronary bypass surgery: the EuroSCORE versus The Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk algorithm

2004 • 129 citations

VALVE DISEASE: Timing of aortic valve surgery

2000 • 128 citations

The Clinical Development of Percutaneous Heart Valve Technology

2005 • 118 citations

Surgery for aortic stenosis in elderly patients. A study of surgical risk and predictive factors.

1994 • 106 citations

Long-term follow-up of morbidity and mortality after aortic valve replacement with a mechanical valve prosthesis

2000 • 104 citations

Predictors of Event-Free Survival after Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty

1991 • 91 citations

Observer variability in the quantitation of Doppler color flow jet areas for mitral aortic regurgitation

1988 • 84 citations

Retrograde percutaneous aortic valve implantation for critical aortic stenosis

2005 • 83 citations

Intra- and interobserver reproducibility of Doppler-assessed indexes of left ventricular diastolic function in a population-based study (the Framingham Heart Study)

1992 • 67 citations

Percutaneous implantation of a valve in the descending aorta in lambs

2002 • 64 citations

Changes in the Quality of Life: A Major Goal of Cardiac Rehabilitation

2001 • 61 citations

Aortic Valve Bypass for the High-Risk Patient With Aortic Stenosis

2006 • 59 citations

Limitations of additive EuroSCORE for measuring risk stratified mortality in combined coronary and valve surgery☆☆

2004 • 58 citations

First human case of retrograde transcatheter implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis.

2005 • 46 citations

Transarterial aortic valve replacement with a self expanding stent in pigs

2004 • 46 citations

A Repositionable Valved Stent for Endovascular Treatment of Deteriorated Bioprostheses

2006 • 41 citations

Sample size requirements for evaluating heart valves with constant risk events.

1994 • 27 citations

FDA's requirements for in-vitro performance data for prosthetic heart valves.

1994 • 22 citations

Bayesian analysis

2002 • 15 citations

Percutaneous Valve Replacement: Significance of Different Delivery Systems In Vitro and In Vivo

2006 • 11 citations

Designing trials for testing prosthetic cardiac valves: A Food and Drug Administration perspective

2001 • 6 citations

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1955 • 0 citations