A Novel Risk Score Facilitates Femoral Artery Access in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Passage-Puncture Score.

Mi ChenJonathan MichelBarbara E StähliChristian TemplinPhilipp JakobThomas S GilhoferFelix C TannerAlbert Markus Kasel

Published in: Structural heart : the journal of the Heart Team (2024)

The passage-puncture score is effective in defining the optimal access site for transfemoral TAVI. The systematic evaluation has the potential to further reduce access-site complications.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve replacement
aortic valve
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
ejection fraction
risk factors
left ventricular
human health
clinical evaluation