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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Invasive Cardiol. 2014 Jun;26(6):E63–E65.

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Steps involved in creating a femoral artery-left ventricular (LV) apical rail. (A) Snaring of the Amplatz wire through a transapical sheath. (B) Externalization of the Amplatz wire through the transapical sheath. (C) Advancement of the transcatheter valve delivery system across the aortic annulus using the transapical rail for support.