How to facilitate introduction of delivery system in transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Vito Giovanni Ruggieri; Carine Ridard; Marc Bedossa; Xavier Beneux; Jean-Philippe Verhoye

doi:10.1111/jocs.12025

How to facilitate introduction of delivery system in transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation

J Card Surg. 2013 Jan;28(1):14-5. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12025. Epub 2012 Oct 24.

Authors

Vito Giovanni Ruggieri¹, Carine Ridard, Marc Bedossa, Xavier Beneux, Jean-Philippe Verhoye

Affiliation

¹ Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France. [email protected]

PMID: 23095016
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12025

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans