1. The anatomy of the aortic valvar complex / Robert H. Anderson, Anton Becker, and Nicolo Piazza -- 2. Accumulation of world wide experience with post-mortem studies of transcatheter aortic valve implantation : what should we be avoiding? / Renu Virmani. [et al.] -- 3. Imaging : how can it help before transcatheter aortic valve implantation? / Victoria Delgado. [et al.] -- 4. Risk stratification for transcatheter aortic valve implantation / A. Pieter Kappetein. [et al.] -- 5. Patient selection : risk assessment and anatomical selection criteria for patients undergoing transfemoral aortic valve implantation with the Edwards SAPIEN prosthetic heart valve / Itsik Ben Dor. [et al.] -- 6. Patient selection for the CoreValve ReValving system / Nicolo Piazza. [et al.] -- 7. CoreValve ReValving system for percutaneous aortic valve replacement / Rob Michiels -- 8. The Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart valve system / Jodi Akin and Pooja Sharma -- 9. Anesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve implantation / F.J. Orellana Ramos, J. Hofland -- 10. Tips and tricks during the procedure : options for vascular access (femoral, subclavian, transaortic, transapical) / Jean-Claude Laborde, Rudiger Lange -- 11. Percutaneous placement and removal of large diameter femoral artery sheaths with the Prostar XL device / Lukas C. van Dijk. [et al.] -- 12. Intraprocedural imaging : percutaneous aortic valve replacement / Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu -- 13. Tips and tricks for crossing the aortic valve with a guidewire : retrograde approach / Alain Cribier, Helene Eltchaninoff --

14. Pre-implantation percutaneous aortic balloon valvotomy (retrograde approach) / Alain Cribier, Helene Eltchaninoff -- 15. Advancing the delivery system across the aorta and valve (Edwards SAPIEN valve) / Peter C. Block, Vasilis Babaliaros, and Zahid Junagadhwalla -- 16. Advancing the delivery system across the aorta and valve : CoreValve / Eberhard Grube. [et al.] -- 17. Implantation of the CoreValve ReValving system / Peter P. Th. de Jaegere. [et al.] -- 18. Implantation of the Edwards SAPIEN valve / Fabian Nietlispach, John Webb -- 19. Transapical Aortic valve implantation : procedural steps / Thomas Walther, Jorg Kempfert, Todd Dewey -- 20. Complications at the time of transcatheter aortic valve implantation / Jean-Claude Laborde, Sabine Bleiziffer, Ruediger Lange -- 21. Acute and early complications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the balloon-expandable Edwards system / Jean-Bernard Masson, John G. Webb -- 22. Complications of transapical aortic valve implantation : tips and tricks to avoid failure / Jian Ye. [et al.] -- 23. ICU care / Axel Linke, Gerhard Schuler -- 24. Post-discharge and follow-up care / Dominique Himbert, Gregory Ducrocq, Alec Vahanian -- 25. Tips and tricks for imaging percutaneously implanted aortic valve prostheses / Carl Schultz. [et al.].