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Percutaneous closure of femoral pseudaneurysm after TAVR
Author(s) -
Gennari Marco,
Carrafiello Gianpaolo,
Polvani Gianluca,
Migliore Gabriele,
Agrifoglio Marco
Publication year - 2021
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.15486
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , pseudoaneurysm , hemostasis , surgery , valve replacement , femoral artery , stenosis , vascular closure device , catheter , radiology , complication
Fully percutaneous transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TF‐TAVR) is currently the standard of the catheter‐based treatment of severe aortic stenosis patients. Even though experience, lower delivery catheters profile and improved vascular closure devices performances have resulted in an overall reduction of both vascular and bleeding complications after TAVR, femoral pseudoaneurysm due to incomplete local hemostasis may occur, prolonging the in‐hospital length of stay, causing discomfort to the patient and potentially evolving in serious consequences affecting the outcome. We report two successful percutaneous ultrasound‐guided closure of both the main and secondary femoral access pseudoaneurysm.