Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Transseptal Approach Using a Femoral Veno- Arterial Loop | Biomedgrid

After successful introduction of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in 2002, TAVI has become an increasingly accepted therapy for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis in patients judged to be at high risk for open heart surgery. We describe anterograde transseptal access for TAVI in a patient where transfemoral access alone was impossible to achieve due to a heavily calcified stenotic aortic valve. It is an interesting and alternative approach to achieve TAVI.