Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: emerging tractability for sufficient intracardiac resection of the aortic valve.

Objective: : The feasibility of endovascular resection of highly calcified aortic valves has already been demonstrated by our group. Different endovascular and intracardiac tractability methods were applied. In this study, these technologies were analyzed comparing the tractability, the resection time, and the lesions in the surrounding tissue.