Aortic Valve Predilatation with a Small Balloon, without Rapid Pacing, prior to Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Figure 1

CT-imaging of aortic valves with different degree of calcification. Schematic effect of AVPD with a small, “nonocclusive” balloon.

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