Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation With Pre-Existent Mechanical Mitral Prosthesis

Transfemoral aortic valve implantation in severe aortic stenosis patients with prior mitral valve prosthesis

INTRODUCTION Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis in patients with a previous mitral valve prosthesis is technically challenging, and pre-procedural comprehensive assessment of these patients before transcatheter aortic valve implantation is vital for an uncomplicated and successful procedure. AIM We want to share our experience with transcatheter aor...

Apical aortic valve implantation in a patient with a mechanical valve prosthesis in mitral position.

A 67-year-old man diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis was admitted to our institution with pulmonary edema. The patient had a history of severe pulmonary fibrosis (total lung capacity, 57% of predicted value; diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, 33% of predicted value) and had undergone coronary bypass grafting and mitral valve replacement with a St Jude mechanical valve (St Jude Medical, ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with mitral prosthesis.

Successful Transfemoral Edwards Sapien Aortic Valve Implantation in a Patient with Previous Mitral Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a new method for patients with severe aortic stenosis at high surgical risk, such as previous cardiac surgery. The presence of mechanical mitral prosthesis might complicate TAVI because of possible interference between the both prosthesis. Some reports have already demonstrated the feasibility of TAVI in such patients. We report our experience w...

Transfemoral aortic valve implantation in a patient with mitral bioprosthesis: technical features and forethoughts.

Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation in a Patient With Mitral Bioprosthesis: Technical Features and Forethoughts protruding 9 mm into the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), but with sufficient space in the LVOT (in theory) to accommodate the TAV (Fig. 1). During the aortic valvuloplasty procedure, displaceImplante de válvula aórtica transfemoral en paciente con prótesis biológica mitral: ...