title: Transapical aortic valve implantation - a rescue procedure for patients with aortic stenosis and "porcelain aorta".
abstract: Surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) still remains the treatment of choice in symptomatic significant aortic stenosis (AS). Due to technical problems, extensive calcification of the ascending aorta ("porcelain aorta") is an additional risk factor for surgery and transapical aortic valve implantation (TAAVI) is likely to be the only rescue procedure for this group of patients. We describe the case of an 81-year-old woman with severe AS and "porcelain aorta", in whom the only available life-saving intervention was TAAVI.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Czerwinska
authors.forename: Ewa
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authors.lastname: Orłowska-Baranowska
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witkowski
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demkow
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abramczuk
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michałek
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greszata
authors.forename: Patrycjusz
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authors.lastname: Stoklosa
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuśmierski
authors.forename: Jaroslaw
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowal
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stepinska