Tag: Alain Cribier
TAVI pioneers discuss the past, present and future of transcatheter therapy
As transcatheter aor...
“New generation TAVI devices will push complication rates down”
Alain Cribier implanted the first transcatheter aortic valve in a patient at the University Hospital of Rouen, France, on 16 April 2002, he told Cardiovascular News how transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) began, how he dealt with criticism in the early days, complications with the procedure and the changes to the concept of the heart team.
Progress in transcatheter heart valve techniques
Alain Cribier, who performed the first double balloon technique for dilatation of valvular stenosis in 1985, spoke to Cardiovascular News International about the evolution of percutaneous techniques.
