• Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, P. R. China;
HUO Yong, Email: huoyong@263.net.cn
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been a crucial treatment for elder patients with aortic stenosis in developed countries, which is still at its beginning in China. TAVR is a risky and complicated technic; and to promise the long-term development of it, we need to build a multiple disciplinary heart team consisted of doctors from different specialties and guided by various disciplines, also to guarantee the team operates well. In order to help Chinese doctors understand heart team well, this article describes component parts and requirement for each member of the team, in aspect of cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, echocardiologist, radiologist, anesthesiologist and nursing team; and discuss team operation mechanism through pre-procedural evaluation, procedural cooperation, peri-procedural management and post-procedural follow-up.

Citation: HUO Yong, MA Wei. Heart team construction and operation in transcatheter aortic valve replacement. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(2): 137-139. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201801011 Copy

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