Left ventricular embolization of an aortic balloon-expandable bioprosthesis: balloon capture and reimpaction as an alternative to emergent conversion to open-heart surgery

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Mar;6(3):308-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.08.028.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty / adverse effects
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty / instrumentation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology
  • Foreign-Body Migration / therapy*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome