PERCUTANEOUS OR SURGICAL ACCESS IN TRANSFEMORAL TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND UPDATED META-ANALYSIS

Vascular and bleeding complications after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Whether percutaneous approach (PC) or surgical cut-down (SC) is superior is still widely debated. PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane library