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"Ménage à Trois": Use of 2 Supplemental Buddy Wires During TAVI
Vassili Panagides1, Siamak Mohammadi1, Josep Rodés-Cabau1
1Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract:
We herein present clinical images illustrating a transcatheter aortic valve implantation within an extremely calcified aortic valve, which posed considerable difficulty in crossing the aortic annulus. To gain maximum support, we used 2 buddy wires to allow a balloon predilation and then a successful crossing of the transcatheter heart valve. This technique provides additional support for those performing this procedure and may be included in the armamentarium of transcatheter aortic valve specialists.
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