How should I treat a staggering TAVI procedure?

EuroIntervention. 2010 Aug;6(3):418-23. doi: 10.4244/EIJV6I3A69.

Abstract

Background: A 79-year-old female patient with past medical history of chronic myeloid leukaemia, presented to the outpatient cardiology clinic with shortness of breath (NYHA class 3) and fatigue.

Investigation: Echocardiography (ECG) and multislice computed tomography (MSCT).

Diagnosis: Severe calcified aortic valve stenosis by echocardiography. Logistic EuroSCORE 10.3. Porcelain aorta by multislice computed tomography (MSCT).

Treatment: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with an 18 Fr Medtronic-CoreValve system (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) using a right transfemoral arterial approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / complications
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed