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Transcatheter аortic valve-in-valve implantation for aortic restenosis in patient with previous biological valve replacement: a case report

Mariya Vetkova, Veselin Valkov, Atanas Angelov, Branimir Kanazirev, Dobrin Kalchev, Atanas Kostadinov

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is a new and innovative method for the treatment of severe aor- tic stenosis in patients with high perioperative risk for conventional cardiac surgery. This procedure is also a possible alternative for patients with failed surgical bi- oprosthesis and may obviate the need for reoperation. We report a case of successful transcatheter valve-in- valve (VIV) implantation procedure in 77-years-old man with previous aortic valve replacement with bi- oprosthesis 32 months ago. The echocardiographic fol- low-up revealed a severe valve restenosis. Reoperation, the standard of care for these patients is, in most of the cases, a high-risk procedure, because of their age and comorbidities. So, transcatheter VIV implanta- tion was considered to be more safe and efficient. The procedure was successfully performed with transfem- oral approach, using CoreValve Evolut. The echocar- diographic follow up showed a significant reduction of the transaortic peak systolic gradient from 86 mmHg to 38 mmHg.


Keywords

transcatheter aortic valve implantation; bioprosthesis

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14748/vmf.v6i2.3769

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