Chest Pain Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Don't Forget the Uncommon Complication

Umar Ismail; Manish Motwani; Douglas G W Fraser; Ragheb Hasan; Ashish H Shah

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.01.023

Chest Pain Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Don't Forget the Uncommon Complication

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Apr 20;4(8):473-475. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.01.023.

Authors

Umar Ismail¹, Manish Motwani², Douglas G W Fraser², Ragheb Hasan³, Ashish H Shah¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
² Department of Cardiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography guides a range of structural heart disease interventions, especially in older adult and frail patients who are deemed not suitable to undergo surgical repair. Although rare, transesophageal echocardiography can be associated with esophageal trauma, including perforation. Treating physicians should be cognizant of such a complication. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: CT, computed tomography; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation; TEE, transesophageal echocardiography; esophageal perforation; transcatheter aortic valve implantation.