title: Successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is challenging as the extent and location of valve calcification as well as bulky leaflets and an enlarged root may increase the risk of transcatheter heart valve (THV) displacement, distortion, or malfunctioning. We report successful TAVR for an 84-year-old man with a BAV. The THV was implanted closer to the aorta than usual to avoid spreading of the bulky leaflets over the THV outflow. Following implantation, there was trivial paravalvular leakage, with no distortion or malfunction detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuratani
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torikai
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimamura
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawa
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement