Transaortic valve-in-valve implantation after previous aortic root homograft

Leo Ihlberg; Antero Sahlman; Juha Sinisalo; Janne Rapola; Mika Laine

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.111

Transaortic valve-in-valve implantation after previous aortic root homograft

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Nov;94(5):1718-21. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.111.

Authors

Leo Ihlberg¹, Antero Sahlman, Juha Sinisalo, Janne Rapola, Mika Laine

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. leo.ihlberg@hus.fi

PMID: 23098952
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.111

Abstract

Catheter-based valve implantation techniques are becoming a viable option in various clinical situations to replace difficult redo open heart surgical procedures. This is a report of a first, to our knowledge, successful valve-in-valve (VinV) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) into a homograft through the transaortic (TAo) access route using an Edwards SAPIEN valve prosthesis (Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, Irvine, CA) in a patient with poor left ventricular function and generalized severe atherosclerosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Aortic Valve / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male