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. 2019 Aug 23;6:120. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00120

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BASILICA procedure. (A) A catheter directs an electrified guidewire through the base of the left aortic cusp into a snare in the left ventricular outflow tract; (B) After snare retrieval; (C) The mid-shaft of the guidewire is electrified to lacerate the leaflet; (D) The leaflet splays after transcatheter aortic valve replacement permitting coronary flow. Reprinted from Khan et al. (19). Copyrights (2018), with permission from Elsevier (license number: 4587251472719).