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Figure 4. Annulus covering range and vessels diameter requirements of different balloon expandable (A) and self-expandable (B)
2+
THVs. *MVD: Minimum vessel diameter requirements (MSCT derived), excluding circumferential Ca ; THVs: transcatheter heart
valves; MSCT: multi-slice computed tomography.
distal tip of the wire forming a 2 mm J bend; it can easily maneuver in smaller ventricles, while the
Safari2TM wire is available in three different loop sizes, offering the possibility to select the curve size
according to the size of the ventricle.
Pharmacological management
The choice of the optimal antithrombotic regimen peri- and post-TAVI is of utmost importance [Figure 6].
Thromboembolic and bleeding complications are frequent and can be potentially life-threatening [51,75,76] .
