title: Case report on successful 'bail out' aortic homograft implantation in a 81-year old woman with aortic ring rupture after double TAVI procedure.
abstract: A 81-year woman was admitted to our institution due to worsening chronic heart failure. The patient presented herself with severe aortic valve stenosis and mitral valve insufficiency. Due to estimated high operative risk a TAVI approach was chosen. Following the fist TAVI implantation (Sapien XT 26 mm) a big paravalvular leakage was diagnosed. Hence, in order to close the paravalular leakage, a second TAVI procedure with a Core Valve 26 mm was performed. A following CT scan showed signs of aortic ring rupture. We therefore decided to perform open heart surgery. After removal of both TAVI prosthesis, native valve excision a 21 mm sized aortic homograft was implanted. Additionally, a mitral valve annuloplasty with CE Physio 28 mm ring was performed. In the postoperative period the patient remained for three weeks in the ICU, followed by two weeks on general ward. The patient was discharged home in good condition, with good left ventricular function and regular homograft function in the aortic position. The open heart surgery should have had been performed primarily. Nevertheless, the decision on the treatment strategy is always difficult in case of borderline patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. pkolsut@ikard.pl.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kołsut
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. ajuraszek@ikard.pl.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juraszek
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. pbrzozowski@ikard.pl.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brzozowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. mdabrowski@ikard.pl.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dąbrowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. awitkowski@ikard.pl.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witkowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. jrozanski@ikard.pl.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Różański
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. mkusmierczyk@ikard.pl.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuśmierczyk
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000379:methods; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left