The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005; 53(3): 131-132DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837535 Editorial © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement: Far From Ideal T. Attmann1 , J. Cremer1 , G. Lutter1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, School of Medicine, Kiel, Germany Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract Key words Aortic valve - percutaneous valve replacement - ablation - excision - endovascular - endoluminal, resection??? Full Text References References 1 Mihaljevic T, Cohn L H, Unic D, Aranki S F, Couper G S, Byrne J G. One thousand minimally invasive valve operations: early and late results. Ann Surg. 2004; 240 529-534 2 Cribier A, Eltchaninoff H, Bash A, Borenstein N, Tron C, Bauer F, Derumeaux G, Anselme F, Laborde F, Leon M B. Percutaneous transcatheter implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis for calcific aortic stenosis: first human case description. Circulation. 2002; 106 3006-3008 3 Cribier A, Eltchaninoff H, Tron C, Bauer F, Agatiello C, Sebagh L, Bash A, Nusimovici D, Litzler P Y, Bessou J P, Leon M B. Early experience with percutaneous transcatheter implantation of heart valve prosthesis for the treatment of end-stage inoperable patients with calcific aortic stenosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004; 43 698-703 4 Lutter G, Ardehali R, Cremer J, Bonhoeffer P. Percutaneous valve replacement: current state and future prospects. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004; 78 2199-2206 5 Boudjemline Y, Bonhoeffer P. Steps toward percutaneous aortic valve replacement. Circulation. 2002; 105 775-778 6 Boudjemline Y, Bonhoeffer P. Percutaneous valve insertion: a new approach?. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003; 125 741-742 7 Lutter G, Beyersdorf F. Authors reply. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003; 125 742-743 8 Andersen H R, Knudsen L L, Hasenkam J M. 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. Eur Heart J. 1992; 13 704-708 9 Lutter G, Kuklinski D, Berg G, Von Samson P, Martin J, Handke M, Uhrmeister P, Beyersdorf F. Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: an experimental study. I. Studies on implantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002; 123 768-776 10 Huber C H, Tozzi P, Corno A F, Marty B, Ruchat P, Gersbach P, Nasratulla M, von Segesser L K. Do valved stents compromise coronary flow?. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004; 25 754-759 11 Quaden R, Attmann T, Boening A, Cremer J, Lutter G. Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: resection before implantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005; in press 12 Tsang V, Coats L, Deanfield J, de Leval M, Bonhoeffer P. The potential impact of percutaneous pulmonary valved stent implantation on right ventricular outflow tract re-intervention (Abstract). Leipzig: 3rd. EACTS/ESTS joint meeting, September 12 - 15, 2004. MD Georg Lutter Department of Cardiovascular SurgeryChristian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, School of Medicine Arnold-Heller-Straße 7 24105 Kiel Germany Phone: + 494315974401 Fax: + 49 43 15 97 44 02 Email: lutter@kielheart.uni-kiel.de