Robert Ferrari

Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)

A TAVI can be performed with several different access methods: transfemoral, transapical (through an anterolateral mini-thoracotomy), subclavian or transaortic (through a minimally invasive surgical incision into the aorta). The transfemoral approach is the preferred option; however one of the other approaches will be used in patients with heavily diseased iliofemoral systems or aortic disease preventing transfemoral implantation such as peripheral vascular disease, calcification or stenosis. Pulmonary valve