SURgical vs. PERcutaneous ACCESS in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SU-PER-ACCESS Study)

The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes between surgical cut-down (SC) and the percutaneous (PC) approach. In the matched population, 15 out of 323 patients (4.6 percent) in the SC group versus 34 out of 323 patients in the PC group (11 percent) experienced minor vascular complications (p = 0.02). There was no significant difference for major vascular complications, with rates of 1.5 percent and 1.9 percent. The rate of minor bleeding events was higher in the percutaneous group (11 percent versus 3.1 percent, p