Evolution of Alternative Access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

CONCLUSIONS: The transaxillary approach has emerged as our preferred alternative access strategy for TAVR. It is associated with superior operative outcomes compared with transthoracic approaches, and results are comparable to those of the transfemoral approach.PMID:33647251 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.018

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 1, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Bogdan Kindzelski Stephanie L Mick Amar Krishnaswamy Samir R Kapadia Tamer Attia Kevin Hodges Shirin Siddiqi Ashley M Lowry Eugene H Blackstone Zoran Popovic Lars G Svensson Shinya Unai James J Yun Source Type: research