title: Transcatheter implantation of a CoreValve aortic prosthesis in a patient with a ball-cage mechanical mitral valve.
abstract: Although transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been performed successfully in patients with aortic stenosis and a mechanical mitral valve, to the present authors' knowledge only one report has been made of this being achieved in a patient with a ball-cage-type mechanical mitral valve. In the present case, as the cage section of the mechanical valve was inclined towards the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), there was a risk of interaction between the prosthesis and mechanical valve during the TAVI procedure. The successful implementation is described of a self-expandable aortic prosthesis in a patient with a ball-cage-type mechanical valve inclined towards the LVOT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, KTU Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey. dromergedikli@gmail.com
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gedikli
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, KTU Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Merih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kutlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, KTU Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Civelek
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Rostock, Heart Center, Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ince
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design