Percutaneous Management of Aortic Root Rupture After Balloon-Expandable TAVR

Domingo Lopez Vazquez; Xacobe Flores Rios; Jorge Salgado Fernandez; Fernando Rebollal Leal; Jose Manuel Vazquez Rodriguez

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102080

Percutaneous Management of Aortic Root Rupture After Balloon-Expandable TAVR

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Oct 19:26:102080. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102080. eCollection 2023 Nov 15.

Authors

Domingo Lopez Vazquez¹, Xacobe Flores Rios¹, Jorge Salgado Fernandez¹, Fernando Rebollal Leal¹, Jose Manuel Vazquez Rodriguez¹

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, A Coruña, Spain.

Abstract

This article presents a case of aortic root rupture after transfemoral aortic valve replacement, successfully treated by a percutaneous approach, with a good evolution of the patient both during hospitalization and in the long term, being asymptomatic at the cardiovascular level after 18 months of follow-up. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: aortic valve; percutaneous coronary intervention; pericardial effusion.