Max M Meertens, Matti Adam, Andreas Beckmann, Stephan Ensminger, Christian Frerker, Moritz Seiffert, Jan-Malte Sinning, Raffi Bekeredjian, Thomas Walther, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Helge Möllmann, Ümniye Balaban, Kaveh Eghbalzadeh, Tanja K Rudolph, Sabine Bleiziffer
BACKGROUND: In patients not suitable for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), several access strategies can be chosen. AIM: To evaluate the use and patient outcomes of transaxillary (TAx), transapical (TA), and transaortic (TAo) as alternative access for TAVI in Germany; to further evaluate surgical cutdown vs. percutaneous TAx access. METHODS: All patients entered the German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY) between 2011 and 2019 who underwent non-transfemoral TAVI were included in this analysis...
March 4, 2024: Clinical Research in Cardiology: Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society