Management of percutaneous aortic valve malposition with a transapical "valve-in-valve" technique.

Stabile, Eugenio; Sorropago, Giovanni; Cota, Linda; Cioppa, Angelo; Agrusta, Marco; Lucchetti, Vincenzo; Rubino, Paolo · Ann Thorac Surg · 2010

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an emerging therapeutic alternative for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and high surgical risk. The inability to reposition the current prosthesis is a limiting feature of these devices. Here we report on a case of a 74-year-old woman, in which a balloon expandable aortic valve malpositioning was treated with a second transapical transcatheter aortic valve implant.

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