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in endovascular techniques allow the operators to predict, face promptly and overcome vascular access com-
plications.

Whatever the access and the chosen strategy, a discerning management of the access site in structural proce-
dures, such as TAVI, allows to protect the patient from a high morbidity and mortality.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Planning and writing: Sticchi A
Writing: Bressi E
Revision of the manuscript: Nusca A, Di Sciascio G

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Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

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