Case Report: Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Embolization: Cause, Management, and Redo

Mi Chen; Barbara E Stähli; Jonathan M Michel; Miriam Brinkert; Felix C Tanner; Albert Markus Kasel

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2021.774047

Case Report: Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Embolization: Cause, Management, and Redo

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Nov 2:8:774047. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.774047. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Mi Chen^{1

2}, Barbara E Stähli¹, Jonathan M Michel¹, Miriam Brinkert³, Felix C Tanner¹, Albert Markus Kasel¹

Affiliations

¹ University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.

Abstract

The transcatheter heart valve (THV) embolization is a rare but challenging complication in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We report the case of an 81-year-old man with Sapien 3 embolization caused by interrupted rapid pacing. In this setting, we describe the embolized THV management and the technique of the second Sapien 3 implantation.

Keywords: Sapien 3; TAVI – transcatheter aortic valve implantation; aortic stenosis; embolization; transcatheter heart valve (THV).

Publication types

Case Reports