International journal of cardiology

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• Int. J. Cardiol. · Apr 2017

  Multicenter Study

  Safety and efficacy of the percutaneous transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation using various transcatheter heart valves in 100 consecutive patients.

  Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) can be performed via the transaxillary approach, but data about complications and procedural outcome is limited. ⋯ We investigated In 100 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous transaxillary transcatheter aortic valve implantation thereby demonstrating that this approach is technically feasible and safe with acceptable numbers of minor vascular complications.

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