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. 2024 May;49(5):102491.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102491. Epub 2024 Feb 28.

Kissing shockwave balloon in a case of extensive calcified abdominal aorta during transfemoral TAVI

Angela Buonpane  1 , Giancarlo Trimarchi  2 , Cataldo Palmieri  3 , Anees Ali Ahmed Al Jabri  3 , Sergio Berti  3 , Antonio Rizza  3
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Kissing shockwave balloon in a case of extensive calcified abdominal aorta during transfemoral TAVI

Angela Buonpane et al. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2024 May.

Abstract

An 84-year-old man with extensive calcified atherosclerosis of the infrarenal abdominal aorta was diagnosed with severe aortic valve stenosis, presenting with dyspnea. To facilitate transfemoral approach during the TAVI procedure, IVUS-guided intravascular lithotripsy was successfully performed using Kissing Shockwave Balloon Technique.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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