The Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery statement regarding the recently released 2020 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease

AUTOR(ES)

Dayan, Victor; Garcia-Villarreal, Ovidio A.; Escobar, Alejandro; Ferrari, Javier; Quintana, Eduard; Marin-Cuartas, Mateo; Almeida, Rui M S

FONTE

Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2021-04

RESUMO

Abstract With transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) technology expanding its indications for low-risk patients, the number of TAVI-eligible patients will globally grow, requiring a better understanding about the second-best access choice. Regarding the potential access sites, the transfemoral retrograde route is recognized as the standard approach and first choice according to current guidelines. However, this approach is not suitable in up to 10-15% of patients, for whom an alternative non-femoral access is required. Among the alternative non-femoral routes, the transaxillary approach has received increasing recognition due to its proximity and relatively straight course from the axillary artery to the aortic annulus, which provides a more accurate device deployment. Here we discuss some particular aspects of the transaxillary access, either percutaneously performed or by cutdown dissection.

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