Transfemoral-only transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A single center experience of 400 consecutive patients.

Federico MoccettiMathias WolfrumMatthias BossardAdrian Attinger-TollerLucca LoretzFlorim CuculiStefan Toggweiler

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2024)

Our study shows that utilization of dedicated sheaths, peripheral balloons, stents, and IVL enables TAVR via TF access in >99% of patients. However, rates of vascular and bleeding complications in patients with narrow iliofemoral arteries (MLD < 5 mm) were high.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve replacement
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
aortic stenosis
aortic valve
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
atrial fibrillation