Improved technique of transapical aortic valve implantation: "the Berlin addition".
Transapical aortic valve implantation carries some degree of uncertainty regarding the definitive valve position. We added angiographic visualization of the aortic root while the prosthetic valve is being slowly deployed. It enables easy correction of the position of the valve so that perfect alignment can be achieved of the relationships between the prosthetic valve, aortic valve annulus, aortic cusps, and the coronary arteries.
Pasic
Miralem
M
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. pasic@dhzb.de
Dreysse
Stephan
S
Drews
Thorsten
T
Buz
Semih
S
Unbehaun
Axel
A
Kukucka
Marian
M
Mladenow
Alexandar
A
Hetzer
Roland
R
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans