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Upper-extremity Approach for Secondary Access in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Published on: August 8, 2025
Katie E O' Sullivan1, Eoghan T Hurley, Ricardo Segurado
1The Heart Team, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) via transaortic (TAo) and transapical (TA) approaches show similar outcomes. This meta-analysis found no significant differences in mortality, success rates, or complications for TAo versus TA TAVI.
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