Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: computed tomography scan after valved stent implantation in human cadaver hearts

René Bombien; Tim Hümme; Michael Schünke; Georg Lutter

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.04.068

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: computed tomography scan after valved stent implantation in human cadaver hearts

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Sep;36(3):592-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.04.068. Epub 2009 Jul 15.

Authors

René Bombien¹, Tim Hümme, Michael Schünke, Georg Lutter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany.

PMID: 19608427
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.04.068

Abstract

Computed tomography scans were performed before and after aortic valve resection with consecutive implantation of a valved stent in human hearts with highly calcified aortic valves in situ (n=2). This demonstrates that the valved stent shows better fitting in the annulus after removal of the native valve.

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Cadaver
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed