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Cutting down on the cutdown: Time to remove the training wheels for transfemoral access for TAVR
Author(s) -
Turi Zoltan G.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.26128
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , closure (psychology) , training (meteorology) , surgery , market economy , economics , physics , meteorology
Key Points Percutaneous transfemoral access is replacing cutdowns, even in the absence of a high level evidence base The evolution of smaller profile TAVR sheaths will make cutdowns largely obsolete Patient comfort, early ambulation, and shorter length of stay, along with improved methodologies will continue to drive the move to percutaneous access and closure for TAVR