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Editorial
. 2025 Mar 24;18(6):782-784.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2025.02.002.

Tear It Up!: The CLEVE Technique of Intraleaflet Valve Deployment

Isida Byku  1 , Robert Lederman  2 , Vasilis Babaliaros  3
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Tear It Up!: The CLEVE Technique of Intraleaflet Valve Deployment

Isida Byku et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. .
No abstract available

Keywords: left ventricular obstruction tract; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; transcatheter mitral valve replacement.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures Dr Byku is on the Speakers Bureau of Edwards Lifesciences; and is a consultant for Shockwave Medical. Dr Babaliaros is a consultant for Edwards Lifesciences; and has equity in Transmural Systems (the maker of the BASILICA wire). Dr Lederman has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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