Rare device landing zone ruptures after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Jan Willem van Rijswijk; Adriaan O Kraaijeveld; Michiel Voskuil; Pieter R Stella; Aryan Vink

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2018.01.006

Rare device landing zone ruptures after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2018 Mar-Apr:33:70-71. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.01.006. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Authors

Jan Willem van Rijswijk¹, Adriaan O Kraaijeveld², Michiel Voskuil², Pieter R Stella², Aryan Vink³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Electronic address: A.Vink@umcutrecht.nl.

PMID: 29459347
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.01.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic annulus rupture; Aortic valve calcification; Aortic valve replacement; Calcification left ventricle outflow tract; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Rupture / etiology*
Humans
Male
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / adverse effects*