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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation – Access routes: a debate
Subclavian TAVI: more than an alternative access route
Anna Sonia Petronio1*, MD; Marco De Carlo1, MD, PhD; Cristina Giannini1, MD, PhD; Francesco De Caro1, MD; Uberto Bortolotti2, MD
1. Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy; 2. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universita
The standard approach for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is through the transfemoral retrograde route, because it is minimally invasive and it is feasible under conscious sedation in a totally percutaneous fas
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