First-in-man case report of the use of an Edwards-Sapien valve to treat a regurgitant CoreValve aortic valve prosthesis.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement for patients at high surgical risk, with favorable procedural outcomes. Aortic regurgitation remains an off-label indication. Recent case reports describe the successful use of a second CoreValve inside a malpositioned first CoreValve. In the current case, we report for the first time a valve-in-valve procedure for the treatment of a severely insufficient CoreValve prosthesis using the Edwards-Sapien prosthesis.
Taramasso
Maurizio
M
Cardiac Surgery Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. m.taramasso@gmail.com
Sharp
Andrew S P
AS
Maisano
Francesco
F
D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012008:Recurrence