Tackling the bends in transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK; Cardiology department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: v.panoulas@imperial.ac.uk.
Vasileios F
VF
Panoulas
Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK; Cardiology department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Sayan
S
Sen
Cardiology department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Angela
A
Frame
Radiology department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Ben
B
Ariff
Radiology department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Deepa
D
Gopalan
Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK; Cardiology department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Ghada W
GW
Mikhail
Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK; Cardiology department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Iqbal S
IS
Malik
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D062906:Cardiac Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D018583:Pliability; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
Stiff wire; Tortuosity; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation; Transfemoral