Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in an Extremely Tortuous S-Shaped Aorta

Case Rep Cardiol. 2017:2017:2936513. doi: 10.1155/2017/2936513. Epub 2017 Mar 2.

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative technique to treating aortic stenosis in patients with high surgical risk. We present a case of a successful transfemoral TAVI in a high-risk patient with an extremely tortuous iliofemoral system and a significant S-type bend in the descending aorta. With careful preprocedure planning and using all the techniques available, TAVI can be performed in the most challenging patients.

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