Transcatheter implantation of a CoreValve aortic prosthesis in a patient with a ball-cage mechanical mitral valve

J Heart Valve Dis. 2013 Sep;22(5):697-700.

Abstract

Although transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been performed successfully in patients with aortic stenosis and a mechanical mitral valve, to the present authors' knowledge only one report has been made of this being achieved in a patient with a ball-cage-type mechanical mitral valve. In the present case, as the cage section of the mechanical valve was inclined towards the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), there was a risk of interaction between the prosthesis and mechanical valve during the TAVI procedure. The successful implementation is described of a self-expandable aortic prosthesis in a patient with a ball-cage-type mechanical valve inclined towards the LVOT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Prosthesis Design