Bilateral-Stiff-Wires Technique Simplifies Extremely Tortuous Access in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Oct 11;14(19):e257-e258. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.06.035. Epub 2021 Sep 15.

Authors

Mi Chen¹, Jonathan Michel², Albert Markus Kasel³

Affiliations

¹ Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Heart Center, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: markus.kasel@usz.ch.

PMID: 34538601
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.06.035

No abstract available

Keywords: torturous artery; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; transfemoral access.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / surgery
Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Risk Factors
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement* / adverse effects
Treatment Outcome