Successful Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation in a Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- 31 August 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 90 (2), 630-632
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.080
Abstract
Transcatheter stent-valve implantation in stenosed congenital bicuspid aortic valves is under debate. Heavily calcified elliptic bicuspid valves represent a contraindication to catheter-based valve therapies because of a risk of stent-valve displacement, distortion, or malfunctioning after the implantation. In this case report we illustrate our experience with a patient suffering from stenosed congenital bicuspid aortic valve who successfully underwent a transapical 26-mm Edwards Sapien stent-valve (Edwards Lifesciences Inc, Irvine, CA) implantation. Postoperative distortion, malfunctioning, and paravalvular leaks were not detected.Keywords
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