Figure 2.

Installation of a long safety-wire providing retro- and antegrade endovascular access in case of vascular complication. A long safety-wire (dashed line) is introduced into the brachial artery ipsilateral to the TAVI access site and externalized through the common femoral artery. It provides retro- and antegrade endovascular access to the puncture site in case urgent treatment of a vascular complications (e.g., leakage or dissection) becomes necessary. TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.