Transaortic valve-in-valve implantation after previous aortic root homograft.

Ihlberg, Leo; Sahlman, Antero; Sinisalo, Juha; Rapola, Janne; Laine, Mika · Ann Thorac Surg · 2012

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Catheter-based valve implantation techniques are becoming a viable option in various clinical situations to replace difficult redo open heart surgical procedures. This is a report of a first, to our knowledge, successful valve-in-valve (VinV) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) into a homograft through the transaortic (TAo) access route using an Edwards SAPIEN valve prosthesis (Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, Irvine, CA) in a patient with poor left ventricular function and generalized severe atherosclerosis.

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