title: Expanding role for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: successful transfemoral implantation of a Medtronic CoreValve for severe aortic regurgitation.
abstract: Severe aortic regurgitation (AR), when intervention is required, is best managed by surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic stenosis has recently shown non-inferiority to SAVR and superiority to medical management. Here we describe a successful TAVR for a patient with severe AR that was unsuitable for SAVR due to her high surgical risk.
authors.affiliation: Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Yeow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roberts-Thomson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans