Use of the Lotus Transcatheter Valve to Treat Severe Native Aortic Regurgitation.

Saraf, Smriti; Khawaja, Muhammed Zeeshan; Hilling-Smith, Roland; Dooley, Maureen; Cockburn, James; Trivedi, Uday; Hildick-Smith, David · Ann Thorac Surg · 2017

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the standard treatment for aortic stenosis in high-risk patients. TAVI for native valve aortic regurgitation is technically more demanding because of a lack of anchoring calcification, a lower index incidence, heterogeneous causes, and larger anatomy. We present 3 cases in which the Lotus TAV was used to treat severe native aortic regurgitation (AR) successfully.

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