TAVR facilitated by high-pressure balloon post-dilatation to fracture the ring of the small dysfunctional aortic Mosaic bioprosthesis

AsiaIntervention. 2019 Jul 20;5(2):149-152. doi: 10.4244/AIJ-D-18-00058. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Abstract

Treatment of a failing aortic bioprosthesis by transcatheter valve-in-valve (ViV) therapy has become an alternative to redo surgery. However, the ViV technique may be less effective in small surgical valves because of patient/prosthesis mismatch (PPM). Here we will discuss the bioprosthetic valve fracture/remodelling (BVF) procedure and the most important issues regarding this promising new technique.