A staged approach to transcatheter aortic valve implantation and mitral valve-in-valve implantation for a degenerated bioprosthesis in a high-risk patient

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct;15(4):764-5. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs286. Epub 2012 Jun 29.

Abstract

Recently, small case series have described the successful off-label use of transcatheter valve implantation in patients with degenerated bioprosthetic valves in the mitral position. We report here the case of a 78-year old female patient who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation for severe aortic stenosis and transapical valve-in-valve implantation for a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis. There was no evidence of intraprosthetic regurgitation and/or paraprosthetic leakages on control angiography and transoesophageal echocardiography. The postoperative course was uneventful. Following accurate patient selection and evaluation by an experienced multidisciplinary team, the transcatheter approach to double-valve implantation in the aortic and mitral positions may represent a viable treatment option for those high-risk patients who would otherwise be inoperable. We preferred a two-step approach, considering a single procedure to be high-risk.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Bioprosthesis*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Patient Selection
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Radiography
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome