title: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation through the left subclavian artery with a patent LIMA graft.
abstract: We report the case of an 80-year-old male with severe aortic valve stenosis previously submitted to surgical myocardial revascularization with patent mammary graft treated by TAVI through left-transaxillary approach because of unsuitable transfemoral and transapical approaches.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. m.taramasso@gmail.com
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taramasso
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giacomini
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maisano
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency