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One case report of transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation

ZHAO Qiang1, ZHANG Rui-yan2, WANG Zhe1, YANG Zhen-kun2, ZHANG Qi2, SUN Yan-jun1, GU Gang2, ZHANG Fu-jun3, SHEN Wei-feng2   

  1. 1.Department of Cardiac Surgery, 2.Department of Cardiology, 3.Department of Anesthesiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2013-11-28 Published:2013-12-03

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Abstract:

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a new technique for patient with aortic stenosis who is not suitable for operation for having high surgical risk. The conventional route of TAVI is transfemoral and transapical. We reported one case of successful transaortic TAVI for a 92-year-old patient with failure of transfemoral approach.

Key words: aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, transaortic