title: [Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with a mechanical mitral valve].
abstract: Many patients with severe aortic stenosis never undergo surgical treatment for various reasons. Apart from the standard risks, some patients face an additional problem: their carrying of a mechanical mitral valve. In these patients, transcatheter aortic valve implantation is a therapeutic option. The literature contains only few reports of this procedure being performed (usually transapically) in such patients. This paper reports the cases of 3 patients with severe aortic stenosis, all carrying a mechanical mitral valve and at high surgical risk, all of whom were implanted by transcatheter aortic valve implantation with an Edwards aortic valve prosthesis. All procedures were successful with no complications encountered.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Hemodinámica, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España. ejgarcia1@telefonica.net
authors.forename: Eulogio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albarrán
authors.forename: Jerónimo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heredia-Mantrana
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Pinedo
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hernández-Antolín
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tascón
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Macaya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed