The "Chaperone Technique": Valve-in-Valve TAVR Procedure With a Self-Expandable Valve Inside a Degenerated Sutureless Prosthesis

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Jan 27;13(2):e15-e18. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.08.046. Epub 2019 Dec 25.

Authors

Massimo Medda¹, Francesco Casilli¹, Maurizio Tespili¹, Marta Bande²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardio-Thoracic Center, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy.
² Clinical and Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardio-Thoracic Center, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: bande.marta@gmail.com.

PMID: 31883725
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.08.046

No abstract available

Keywords: snare catheter; technique; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; valve-in-valve.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / physiopathology
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure*
Recovery of Function
Sutureless Surgical Procedures*
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / instrumentation*
Treatment Outcome