This paper describes the history of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) from its preclinical phase during which visionary pioneers developed its concept and prototype valves against strong head wind to first application in clinical practice (2002) and the clinical and scientific role of an early believer and adopter, the Netherlands (2005).

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doi.org/10.1007/s12471-020-01468-0, hdl.handle.net/1765/129528
Netherlands Heart Journal
Department of Cardiology

de Jaegere, P., de Ronde, M. (M.), den Heijer, P., Weger, A. (A.), & Baan, J., Jr. (2020). The history of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: The role and contribution of an early believer and adopter, the Netherlands. Netherlands Heart Journal, 28, 128–135. doi:10.1007/s12471-020-01468-0