Improved technique of transapical aortic valve implantation: "the Berlin addition"

Miralem Pasic; Stephan Dreysse; Thorsten Drews; Semih Buz; Axel Unbehaun; Marian Kukucka; Alexandar Mladenow; Roland Hetzer

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.096

Improved technique of transapical aortic valve implantation: "the Berlin addition"

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jun;89(6):2058-60. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.096.

Authors

Miralem Pasic¹, Stephan Dreysse, Thorsten Drews, Semih Buz, Axel Unbehaun, Marian Kukucka, Alexandar Mladenow, Roland Hetzer

Affiliation

¹ Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 20494093
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.096

Abstract

Transapical aortic valve implantation carries some degree of uncertainty regarding the definitive valve position. We added angiographic visualization of the aortic root while the prosthetic valve is being slowly deployed. It enables easy correction of the position of the valve so that perfect alignment can be achieved of the relationships between the prosthetic valve, aortic valve annulus, aortic cusps, and the coronary arteries.

MeSH terms

Aorta / surgery*
Aortography*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / standards
Humans