Early experience with the transaortic approach for transcatheter aortic valve implantation Gopal Soppa, MRCS, PhD, David Roy, MD, Stephen Brecker, FRCP, Marjan Jahangiri, FRCS (CTh) The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 143, Issue 5, Pages 1225-1227 (May 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.082 Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A metal marker (A) is placed to identify a suitable point on the ascending aorta at least 6 cm above and in direct line with the aortic valve. After balloon valvuloplasty, the sheath and valve are introduced in a straight line (B), and the valve is deployed (C and D). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 1225-1227DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.082) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions