Successful transcatheter repair of severe aortic valve stenosis with a fishhook-like calcification

Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2018 Jul;33(3):291-292. doi: 10.1007/s12928-017-0474-9. Epub 2017 Jun 10.

Authors

Takanori Suezawa¹, Masataka Hirata², Shu Yamamoto², Takeshi Shichijo², Kazumasa Nosaka³, Masayuki Doi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan. suezawa2004@yahoo.co.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan.

PMID: 28601933
DOI: 10.1007/s12928-017-0474-9

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / pathology
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Calcinosis / surgery
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / methods*
Treatment Outcome