Surgical aortic-valve replacement with a transcatheter implant.
We describe a bailout procedure when surgical aortic-valve replacement was not possible due to severe calcification of the ascending aorta and the root and a very small annulus. A 21-mm CoreValve Revalving prosthesis was inserted via the aortotomy in the presence of a mitral prosthesis.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17OQT, UK.
Justin L
JL
Nowell
Alex
A
Dewhurst
Jean-Pierre
JP
van Besouw
Marjan
M
Jahangiri
D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000628:therapy; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*