Direct percutaneous left ventricular puncture can provide essential haemodynamic and angiographic information when standard retrograde approaches are not possible.
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May inform surgical planning when retrograde access fails in rare arch anomalies; leaves open safety and generalizability of direct LV puncture.
Wong et al. (1983) studied this question.
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