Successful post-dilation of a Lotus transcatheter aortic valve in a case of prosthesis frame underexpansion due to leaflet calcification

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 May;8(6):866-868. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.01.027. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

Authors

Felipe Fuchs¹, Vedat Tiyerili¹, Wilhelm Roell², Eberhard Grube¹, Nikos Werner¹, Georg Nickenig¹, Jan-Malte Sinning³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.
³ Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25912405
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.01.027

No abstract available

Keywords: Lotus; TAVI; TAVR; transcatheter aortic valve implantation; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; underexpansion.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / pathology*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
Balloon Valvuloplasty*
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / therapy*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Prosthesis Design*
Prosthesis Failure
Radiography, Interventional
Treatment Outcome

Supplementary concepts

Aortic Valve, Calcification of