Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2022 Aug 26;1(3):100056.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2022.100056. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Imagination, Creativity, Napkins, and Persistence

David R Holmes Jr  1 , Mohamad Alkhouli  1
Affiliations
Editorial

Imagination, Creativity, Napkins, and Persistence

David R Holmes Jr et al. JACC Adv. .
No abstract available

Keywords: TAVI; left atrial appendage.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Dr Alkhouli serves on the CHAMPION trial steering committee and advisory boards of Boston Scientific and Philips. Dr Holmes has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The Journey From Patent to Publication Is Not Always Easy (A) Excerpt of original Andersen Patent, November 17, 1989. (B)Journal of the American College of Cardiology rejection of the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) paper, 1990. (C)Circulation rejection of TAVI paper, 1991. Images courtesy of Dr Henning R. Andersen. Figure reproduced with permission from Andersen. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021:29;8:722693 (Creative Commons Attribution License—CC BY).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Halsten J. Hallsten Innovations; 2017. Napkins That Have Changed the World. https://www.hallsteninnovations.com/napkins-changed-world/
    1. Andersen H.R. How transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was born: the struggle for a new invention. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021;8 - PMC - PubMed
    1. Kuhn T. University of Chicago Press; 1962. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions; p. 264.
    1. Coolidge C., Hannaford P. Images from the Past; 2001. The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century; p. 184.
    1. Andersen H.R., Knudsen L.L., Hasenkam J.M. Transluminal implantation of artificial heart valves. Description of a new expandable aortic valve and initial results with implantation by catheter technique in closed chest pigs. Eur Heart J. 1992;13:704–708. - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources