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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation by the surgeon: technique, tips and tricks for the transaortic approach through a mini-sternotomy using the self-expandable CoreValve Revalving System
Hafid Amrane1*, MD; Fabiano Porta1, MD; Adrianus J. van Boven2, MD, PhD; Sjoerd H. Hofma2, MD, PhD; Stuart J. Head3, MSc; A Pieter Kappetein3, MD, PhD
1. Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands; 2. Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Department of Cardiology, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands; 3. Erasmus Medisch Centrum, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rotte
The transaortic approach (TAo-TAVI) is a recently developed surgical technique to perform transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in either high-risk or inoperable patients1-3. TAo-TAVI is