Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement via Left Anterior Thoracotomy in a Patient With Severe Pectus Excavatum.

Loberman, Dan; Rajab, Taufiek Konrad; Yammine, Maroun; Welt, Frederick G; Eisenhauer, Andrew C; Davidson, Michael J · Ann Thorac Surg · 2016

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

With the development of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement, innovative approaches can be geared to atypical and challenging cases. We describe a case of transcatheter aortic valve replacement via a left anterior thoracotomy in a patient with pectus excavatum and unusual intrathoracic anatomy where surgical and traditional transcatheter aortic valve replacement approaches were deemed inapplicable.

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