Propensity-matched comparison of percutaneous and surgical cut-down approaches in transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a balloon-expandable valve

Hideyuki Kawashima1, MD, PhD; Yusuke Watanabe1*, MD; Ken Kozuma1, MD, PhD; Yugo Nara1, MD; Hirofumi Hioki1, MD; Akihisa Kataoka1, MD, PhD; Masanori Yamamoto2, MD, PhD; Kensuke Takagi3, MD; Motoharu Araki4, MD; Norio Tada5, MD; Shinichi Shirai6, MD; Futoshi Yamanaka7, MD; Kentaro Hayashida8, MD, PhD