Use of double stiff wire allows successful transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation through extreme thoracic aorta tortuosity

Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Apr;8(4):e002331. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.002331.
No abstract available

Keywords: complication; transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aorta, Thoracic / anatomy & histology*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Aortography
  • Catheters / statistics & numerical data*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Femoral Artery / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / instrumentation*
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / methods
  • Treatment Outcome