A rescue transcatheter solution for early sutureless basal ring infolding

Antonio Loforte; Giuseppe Comentale; Giuditta Coppola; Ciro Amodio; Luca Botta; Francesco Saia; Nevio Taglieri; Cinzia Marrozzini; Carlo Savini; Davide Pacini

doi:10.1111/jocs.16196

A rescue transcatheter solution for early sutureless basal ring infolding

J Card Surg. 2022 Mar;37(3):697-699. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16196. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
³ Division of Cardiology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 34970780
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16196

Abstract

We report the case of an 83-year-old woman treated with a "rescue" valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation because of an early basal ring partial collapse of a sutureless valve, probably due to septal hypertrophy.

Keywords: TAVI; sutureless valve.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / surgery
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement*