Direct Aortic Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using a Self- Expanding Device Daniel P. O’Hair, MD, Tanvir K. Bajwa, MD, Jeffrey J. Popma, MD, Daniel R. Watson, MD, Steven J. Yakubov, MD, David H. Adams, MD, Samin Sharma, MD, Newell Robinson, MD, George Petrossian, MD, Michael Caskey, MD, Timothy Byrne, MD, Neal S. Kleiman, MD, Angie Zhang, MS, Michael J. Reardon, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 105, Issue 2, Pages 484-490 (February 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.051 Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier curves for (A) all-cause mortality, (B) death or major stroke, and (C) all stroke in propensity score–matched populations of iliofemoral (IF) and direct aortic (DA) access patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 484-490DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.051) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Instantaneous hazard risk of death for propensity score–matched iliofemoral vs direct aortic access patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 484-490DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.051) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Paravalvular aortic regurgitation for iliofemoral (IF) vs direct aortic (DA) access propensity score–matched patients at discharge, 1 month, and 12 months (p < 0.001 for IF vs DA at all assessments). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 484-490DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.051) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions