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CT Angiography Analysis of Axillary Artery Diameter versus Common Femoral Artery Diameter: Implications for Axillary Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Hostile Aortoiliac Segment and Advanced Lung Disease

Objective. The use of the axillary artery as an access site has lost favor in percutaneous intervention due to the success of these procedures from a radial or brachial alternative. However, these distal access points are unable to safely accommodate anything larger than a 7-French sheath. To date n...

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Autores principales: Tayal, Rajiv, Iftikhar, Humayun, LeSar, Benjamin, Patel, Rahul, Tyagi, Naveen, Cohen, Marc, Wasty, Najam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27110403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3610705