Intentional transcatheter laceration of the coronary cusp to prevent left main stem obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve implantation: first European experience with the BASILICA technique in a native aortic valve

Eur Heart J. 2019 May 1;40(17):1384-1385. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy711.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aftercare
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Cardiac Catheters / standards
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Lacerations*
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / adverse effects*
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / methods
  • Treatment Outcome