title: Ventricular embolization of Edwards SAPIEN prosthesis following transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an alternative therapy in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and high surgical risk. Despite continuous improvements in operators' expertise and device technology, complications associated with TAVI are common. We present a case in which an Edwards SAPIEN prosthetic valve dislocated to the left ventricular outflow tract with hemodynamic collapse 4 hours following implantation and embolized into the left ventricle (LV) during resuscitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. drmg23@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.forename: Korhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Erkanli
authors.forename: Mustafa Kemal
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bakir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology