Management of percutaneous aortic valve malposition with a transapical "valve-in-valve" technique

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Apr;89(4):e19-21. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.076.

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an emerging therapeutic alternative for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and high surgical risk. The inability to reposition the current prosthesis is a limiting feature of these devices. Here we report on a case of a 74-year-old woman, in which a balloon expandable aortic valve malpositioning was treated with a second transapical transcatheter aortic valve implant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Retreatment