How should I treat a staggering TAVI procedure?
BACKGROUND
A 79-year-old female patient with past medical history of chronic myeloid leukaemia, presented to the outpatient cardiology clinic with shortness of breath (NYHA class 3) and fatigue.


METHODS
Echocardiography (ECG) and multislice computed tomography (MSCT).


METHODS
Severe calcified aortic valve stenosis by echocardiography. Logistic EuroSCORE 10.3. Porcelain aorta by multislice computed tomography (MSCT).


METHODS
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with an 18 Fr Medtronic-CoreValve system (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) using a right transfemoral arterial approach.
Van Mieghem
Nicolas M
NM
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tzikas
Apostolos
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Nuis
Rutger-Jan
RJ
Schultz
Carl
C
de Jaegere
Peter P
PP
Serruys
Patrick W
PW
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed