title: First in Greece Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation using the CoreValve Evolut-R Retrievable and Repositionable Bioprosthesis with the InLine Sheath and the EnVeo Loading Guiding Catheter: A Major Advantage for SmallDiameter Access Vessels.
abstract: We report the first TAVI procedure in Greece to use the CoreValve Evolut-R (23 mm profile) bioprosthesis with the InLine sheath and the EnVeo loading guiding catheter in a patient with small anatomical characteristics (aortic annulus, access vessel) and severe comorbidities. The procedure was successfully conducted under general anesthesia through a surgically prepared, extensively calcified, left femoral artery.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Vascular Surgery Division, Hippokration Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Manolis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vavuranakis
authors.forename: Dimitrios A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Vrachatis
authors.forename: Gerasimos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siasos
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaina
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Filis
authors.forename: Fragiska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sigala
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalogeras
authors.forename: Angelos-Michail
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kolokathis
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moldovan
authors.forename: Theodore G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.forename: Constantina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aggeli
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome