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Fluoroscopy during percutanous transaxillary TAVI. An uninflated PTA-balloon (red arrow) is introduced over the long safety-wire into the descending aorta before placement of the large sheath for valve implantation and is left in place during the following TAVI procedure in case blockade of the access vessel is needed (A and B). TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
