<p id="hl0000051" class="ng-scope">Vascular complications remain the most common procedural complications during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).</p> <p id="hl0000052" class="ng-scope">Up to a quarter of vascular complications during TAVI result from the use of femoral secondary arterial access.</p> <p id="hl0000053" class="ng-scope">The elderly patient cohort currently eligible for TAVI is at high risk of developing femoral access bleedings and vascular complications.</p>