An unexpected finding: stuck leaflet after transapical mitral valve-in-valve implantation

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Dec;7(12):e187-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.06.020.

Authors

Augusto D'Onofrio¹, Michele Gallo², Giuseppe Tarantini³, Umberto Cucchini³, Demetrio Pittarello⁴, Gino Gerosa²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Electronic address: adonofrio@hotmail.it.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
³ Division of Cardiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
⁴ Division of Anesthesiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

PMID: 25523540
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.06.020

No abstract available

Keywords: complications; transcatheter valve implantation; valve in valve.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Bioprosthesis*
Cardiac Catheterization* / adverse effects
Cardiac Catheterization* / instrumentation
Cardiac Catheterization* / methods
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / adverse effects
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / instrumentation
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / therapy*
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure*
Radiography
Treatment Outcome