Snare Technique for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in a Difficult Anatomy With Calcified Aortic Valve

Athanasios Kolyviras; Dimitrios Oikonomou; Georgios Georgiopoulos; Vaios Tzifos

Snare Technique for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in a Difficult Anatomy With Calcified Aortic Valve

J Invasive Cardiol. 2019 Aug;31(8):E258.

Authors

Athanasios Kolyviras¹, Dimitrios Oikonomou, Georgios Georgiopoulos, Vaios Tzifos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, P.O. Box 11526, 107 Leoforos Mesogion Str, Athens, Greece. [email protected].

PMID: 31368899

Abstract

Crossing the aortic annulus with a prosthetic valve was impossible due to severe calcification. A snare catheter technique was used to centralize the entire system with the aortic orifice.

Keywords: aortic disease; calcification; elderly patients; transcatheter valve implantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / pathology*
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / surgery*
Echocardiography
Fluoroscopy
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / methods*

Supplementary concepts

Aortic Valve, Calcification of