title: [Severe aortic stenosis successfully treated with percutaneous aortic valve implantation].
abstract: Patients with severe calcific aortic stenosis are occasionally not amenable to surgery because of advanced age or severe co-morbidities. Percutaneous aortic valve dilation is used but has only limited time relief. While preclinical evidence on percutaneous aortic valve replacement seems promising, only very limited clinical data are available worldwide. We hereby present the first case of percutaneous aortic valve replacement successfully performed in Italy in a 74-year-old high-risk female. This case emphasizes the technical challenges inherent to this procedure and its promising role in selected very high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, notwithstanding the early and long-term risk of adverse events.
authors.affiliation: UO di Emodinamica e Cardiologia Interventistica, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano. segreteria.emodinamica@hsr.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bianconi
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montorfano
authors.forename: Iassen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michev
authors.forename: Giuseppe G L
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Biondi-Zoccai
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Airoldi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maisano
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bignami
authors.forename: Raimondo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellanca
authors.forename: Assunta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caloro
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Granatelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sangiorgi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome