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Abdominal Aorta as an Alternative Access Route for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
Zhan Yong,
Wimmer Neil J.,
Shah Pinak B.,
Davidson Michael J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12550
Subject(s) - medicine , valve replacement , abdominal aorta , aorta , aortic valve , cardiology , surgery , stenosis
A BSTRACT A variety of access routes have been employed for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We report a TAVR case using the abdominal aorta as the direct access route when other approaches are not feasible. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12550 (J Card Surg 2015;30:510–512)