title: Fracture of the delivery balloon shaft during balloon-expandable prosthesis alignment during implantation of an Edwards SAPIEN 3.
abstract: The expandable sheath was designed with a lower profile in order to reduce the incidence of vascular complications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation using transfemoral approach. However, once the prosthesis has crossed the sheath, it could be difficult to retrieve it from the body. This is the first case of successful bail-out in an instance of delivery balloon shaft malfunction subsequent to the crossing of an expandable sheath during implantation of an Edwards SAPIEN 3 prosthesis. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Générale De Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France.
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Générale De Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hovasse
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Générale De Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chevalier
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: SAPIEN 3; balloon shaft malfunction; transcatheter aortic valve implantation