Transcatheter valve-in-valve aortic valve implantation: 16-month follow-up.
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.
Ye
Jian
J
Division of Cardiac Surgery, St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. jye@providencehealth.bc.ca
Webb
John G
JG
Cheung
Anson
A
Masson
Jean-Bernard
JB
Carere
Ronald G
RG
Thompson
Christopher R
CR
Munt
Brad
B
Moss
Robert
R
Lichtenstein
Samuel V
SV
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