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How to evacuate when Sapien3 transcatheter heart valve cannot pass through a severely calcified aortic valve

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Abbreviations

TAVR:

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

THV:

Transcatheter heart valve

BAV:

Balloon aortic valvuloplasty

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Dr. Watanabe received remuneration from Edwards LifeSciences as proctors for TAVR.

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Tsuchida, Y., Kawashima, H., Kozuma, K. et al. How to evacuate when Sapien3 transcatheter heart valve cannot pass through a severely calcified aortic valve. Cardiovasc Interv and Ther (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-023-00980-5

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