title: Percutaneous treatment of aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation in the same patient: first human cases description.
abstract: Transcatheter valve therapy is becoming an established treatment for aortic stenosis (AS) and it is very promising for mitral regurgitation (MR). There are no formal reports of percutaneous treatment of both AS and MR in the same patient. Here, we report on the first human cases of successful totally percutaneous management of combined severe AS and MR as a planned staged approach and using MitraClip(®) implantation as a procedure necessitated by an unpredictable complication of self-expanding CoreValve device, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbanti
authors.forename: Gian Paolo
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Ussia
authors.forename: Corrado
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tamburino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome