title: Transcatheter aortic valve repair for management of aortic insufficiency in patients supported with left ventricular assist devices.
abstract: The development of new aortic insufficiency after a period of support with a left ventricular assist device can result in progressive heart failure symptoms. Transcatheter aortic valve repair can be an effective treatment in selected patients, but the lack of aortic valve calcification can result in unstable prostheses or paravalvular leak. We describe a technique of deploying a self-expanding CoreValve (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) into the aortic annulus, followed by a balloon-expandable SAPIEN-3 (Edwards, Irvine, CA, USA).
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington . jaydpal@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Jay D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dardas
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Gabriel S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Aldea
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Nahush A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mokadam
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*