title: Direct Flow Implantation in a Patient With Mechanical Mitral Prostheses.
abstract: We describe a case of Direct Flow (Direct Flow Medical Inc, Santa Rosa, CA) transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a patient with a mechanical valve in a mitral position.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.bruschi@fastwebnet.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bruschi
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barosi
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montorsi
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Botta
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fratto
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klugmann
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Marco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*