Standardized Measurement of Femoral Artery Depth by Computed Tomography to Predict Vascular Complications after Transcather Aortic Valve Implantation

Vascular complications (VCs) are difficult to predict and remain an important issue after transfemoral (TF) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) although their incidence has decreased with size reduction of introducers. We aimed to evaluate a standardized measurement of femoral artery depth (FAD) using computed tomography (CT) to predict VCs after TAVI. We performed a retrospective study of 679 TF TAVI patients. We evaluated a standardized CT method to measure FAD immediately above the bifurcation.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - January 15, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eric Durand, Maryline Penso, Thibault Hemery, Thomas Levesque, Gustavo Moles, Christophe Tron, Najime Bouhzam, Nicolas Bettinger, Stephanie Wong, Jean-Nicolas Dacher, H élène Eltchaninoff Source Type: research