How to facilitate introduction of delivery system in transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Vito Giovanni Ruggieri (1) , Carine Ridard (2) , Marc Bedossa (2) , Xavier Beneux (3) , Jean-Philippe Verhoye (1)

1 Service de chirurgie thoracique cardiaque et vasculaire [Rennes] = Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery [Rennes]
2 Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes]
3 Service d'anesthésie réanimation chirurgicale [Rennes]

A new method to facilitate both introduction and handling of the delivery system in transcatheter valve implantation via the direct transaortic access (TAo-TAVI) is presented. An additional upper 2-cm incision facilitates the coaxiality between the delivery system and the aortic root.

Domaines: Ingénierie biomédicale; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire

Vito Giovanni Ruggieri, Carine Ridard, Marc Bedossa, Xavier Beneux, Jean-Philippe Verhoye. How to facilitate introduction of delivery system in transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation.. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2013, 28 (1), pp.14-5. ⟨10.1111/jocs.12025⟩. ⟨hal-00880541⟩