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Upper-extremity Approach for Secondary Access in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Published on: August 8, 2025
Tamer G Ghazy1, Ahmed S Ouda, Ahmed M Mashhour
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden University Hospital, Dresden Technical University, Dresden, Germany.
The transapical approach offers a feasible alternative for thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) when transfemoral access is challenging due to vessel calcification. This method demonstrated 100% procedural success in patients unsuitable for standard TEVAR.
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