title: Abdominal aorta as an alternative access route for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
abstract: A variety of access routes have been employed for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We report a TAVR case using the abdominal aorta as the direct access route when other approaches are not feasible.
authors: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Zhan
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Neil J
authors: NJ
authors: Wimmer
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Pinak B
authors: PB
authors: Shah
authors: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome