Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation Using Commercially Available Transcatheter Valve. First Australian Experience

Anthony Putrino; Gregory Scalia; Sarvesh Natani; Swaroop Margale; Ivan Rapchuk; Simon Binny; Catherine Lau; Myo Lwin; Andrew Clarke; Christopher Raffel; Darren L Walters

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2017.11.002

Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation Using Commercially Available Transcatheter Valve. First Australian Experience

Heart Lung Circ. 2018 Apr;27(4):e42-e45. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.11.002. Epub 2017 Nov 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
³ Department of Anaesthetics, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.

PMID: 29217391
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.11.002

Abstract

In patients with a degenerative mitral bioprosthesis and prohibitive surgical risk there is emerging evidence for the feasibility of valve-in-valve procedures via a percutaneous transvenous transseptal approach. This paper describes the first time this procedure has been performed in Australia.

Keywords: Mitral valve; TAVI; Valve in valve.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Bioprosthesis / adverse effects*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Cattle
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / physiopathology
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Prosthesis Failure
Queensland
Reoperation