title: Buddy wire pre-dilatation with peripheral balloon in an extremely calcified aortic valve. Implications for TAVI.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece. Electronic address: glatsios@gmail.com.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Latsios
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Synetos
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mastrokostopoulos
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stathogiannis
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Constantina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aggeli
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Aggelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papanikolaou
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiamis
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
keywords: Aortic stenosis; Peripheral artery disease; TAVI; Valvuloplasty