1. How to facilitate introduction of delivery system in transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation
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Ruggieri, Vito Giovanni, Ridard, Carine, Bedossa, Marc, Beneux, Xavier, Verhoye, Jean-Philippe, Service de chirurgie thoracique cardiaque et vasculaire [Rennes] = Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery [Rennes], CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes], Service d'anesthésie réanimation chirurgicale [Rennes], Hôpital Pontchaillou-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), and Université de Rennes (UR)-Hôpital Pontchaillou
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MESH: Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ,Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ,MESH: Humans ,[SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system ,Aortic Valve ,Humans ,[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering ,MESH: Aortic Valve - Abstract
International audience; A new method to facilitate both introduction and handling of the delivery system in transcatheter valve implantation via the direct transaortic access (TAo-TAVI) is presented. An additional upper 2-cm incision facilitates the coaxiality between the delivery system and the aortic root.
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- 2012
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