title: Transcatheter valve-in-valve aortic valve implantation: 16-month follow-up.
abstract: Off-pump transcatheter, transapical valve-in-valve aortic valve implantation into a failed surgically implanted aortic valve was successfully performed in an 85-year-old man. He was discharged on postoperative day 5, and remained well at his 16-month follow-up. Echocardiography at 12 months showed normal prosthetic valve function without displacement, recoil, or regurgitation. Transcatheter transapical valve-in-valve aortic valve implantation is feasible and could be a viable approach for selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. jye@providencehealth.bc.ca
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Anson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Jean-Bernard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: Ronald G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Carere
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Munt
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Samuel V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013997:Time Factors