A balloon-expandable sheath facilitates transfemoral TAVR in patients with peripheral vascular disease and tortuosity
Goldsweig AM, Faheem O, Cleman MW, Forrest JK. A balloon-expandable sheath facilitates transfemoral TAVR in patients with peripheral vascular disease and tortuosity. Therapeutic Advances In Cardiovascular Disease 2015, 9: 95-102. PMID: 25784499, DOI: 10.1177/1753944715575970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementPeripheral arterial diseaseSurgical aortic valve replacementBalloon-expandable sheathAortic valve replacementVascular tortuosityValve replacementTransfemoral approachSuccessful transcatheter aortic valve replacementVascular access complicationsPeripheral vascular diseaseTerms of mortalityPostprocedural angiographyTAVR resultsAccess complicationsSurgical cutdownSurgical riskArterial diseaseSevere stenosisVascular accessTransapical accessVascular diseaseMortality riskPatients
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