title: How to facilitate introduction of delivery system in transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
abstract: A new method to facilitate both introduction and handling of the delivery system in transcatheter valve implantation via the direct transaortic access (TAo-TAVI) is presented. An additional upper 2-cm incision facilitates the coaxiality between the delivery system and the aortic root.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France. gianvito_ruggieri@libero.it
authors.forename: Vito Giovanni
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ruggieri
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ridard
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bedossa
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Beneux
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Verhoye
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans