Perspective on transcatheter aortic valve implantation： past, present, and future  

作　　者：Alain Cribier 

机构地区：[1]Department of Cardiology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, University of Rouen, 1 rue de Germont, 76000 Rouen, France

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2013年第6期1008-1012,共5页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：It is well recognized that any disruptive innovation in .medicine looks at first unfeasible and unacceptable. It has been the case for transcatheter aortic valve implantation （TAVI） as the project appeared totally unrealistic in the early 1990s. It is quite thrilling, therefore, to observe the current expansion of this technology worldwide, 20 years after the birth of the concept and 10 years after the first-in-man TAVI procedure performed in Rouen on April 16, 2002. To date, more than 80 000 patients have benefitted from TAVI worldwide and the number is consistently increasing.It is well recognized that any disruptive innovation in .medicine looks at first unfeasible and unacceptable. It has been the case for transcatheter aortic valve implantation （TAVI） as the project appeared totally unrealistic in the early 1990s. It is quite thrilling, therefore, to observe the current expansion of this technology worldwide, 20 years after the birth of the concept and 10 years after the first-in-man TAVI procedure performed in Rouen on April 16, 2002. To date, more than 80 000 patients have benefitted from TAVI worldwide and the number is consistently increasing.

关 键 词：aortic stenosis valve prosthesis transcatheter valve implantation 

分 类 号：TS201.22[轻工技术与工程—食品科学] Q492.6[轻工技术与工程—食品科学与工程]