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Standardized Technique of Aortic Valve Re-implantation for Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Published on: December 11, 2017
How we do it: effective stabilization of the apical delivery sheath during transapical aortic valve implantation
Navid Madershahian1, Maximilian Scherner, Thorsten Wahlers
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cologne University Heart Centre, Cologne, Germany. navid.madershahian@uk-koeln.de
Abstract:
A technique is described by which an effective stabilisation of the apical introducer sheath is achieved by a pneumatic holding arm, during transapical aortic valve implantation procedure.
