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Transapical Valve Data: Climbing Survival Rates Speak to Improved Skill, Technology, and Patient Sel
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Title Transapical Valve Data: Climbing Survival Rates Speak to Improved Skill, Technology, and Patient Sel
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/581520?src=rss
Description Surgeons say the bleak six-month survival rate of 55% in the preapproval PARTNER EU data set reflects the learning-curve period. Refinements to the technology, growing expertise, and better patient selection are captured in the later SOURCE data set and those of single European centers, where 30-day survival approaches 90%. Heartwire
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Oct 4, 2008
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