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Upper-extremity Approach for Secondary Access in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Published on: August 8, 2025
Endovascular eSheath Predilation to Facilitate Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Delivery
Nino Mihatov1, Tamim M Nazif, Torsten P Vahl
1Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10032 USA. nino.mihatov@columbia.edu.
Abstract:
Iliofemoral anatomy plays an important role in determining transfemoral (TF) transcatheter aortic valve replacement candidacy. Herein, we present the novelty of endovascular eSheath balloon dilation to facilitate valve delivery. This technique, in addition to or instead of intravascular lithotripsy, may facilitate TF valve delivery in patients who do not otherwise meet traditional criteria for TF access.

