Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a dog bone-shaped balloon technique.
We report a new technique of the partially and sequentially gonflage of the transcatheter balloon valve, the so called dog bone shaped technique, which allowed us to approach the aortic root by inflating the valve balloon in two different times, stabilizing the heart and deplacing the valve.
Dainese
Luca
L
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy. luca.dainese@ccfm.it
Fusari
Melissa
M
Biglioli
Paolo
P
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017546:Angioscopy; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male