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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Liu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5352869 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in cardiology 20170302
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative technique to treating aortic stenosis in patients with high surgical risk. We present a case of a successful transfemoral TAVI in a high-risk patient with an extremely tortuous iliofemoral system and a significant S-type bend in the descending aorta. With careful preprocedure planning and using all the techniques available, TAVI can be performed in the most challenging patients. ...[more]