Alternative access for transapical transcatheter mitral valve implantationCentral Message

• Heinz Deschka, MD,
• Stefan Orwat, MD, PhD,
• Sabine Bleiziffer, MD, PhD,
• Gerrit Kaleschke, MD

Affiliations

Heinz Deschka, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; Address for reprints: Heinz Deschka, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany.

Stefan Orwat, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology III: Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Sabine Bleiziffer, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, University Hospital Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Gerrit Kaleschke, MD

Department of Cardiology III: Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany