Modified implantation of a Bolton Relay branch arch device into the ascending aorta close to a mechanical aortic valve

Artur Milnerowicz; Tomasz Jędrzejczak; Paweł Rynio; Arkadiusz Kazimierczak

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivac017

Modified implantation of a Bolton Relay branch arch device into the ascending aorta close to a mechanical aortic valve

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 May 2;34(5):936-938. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivac017.

Authors

Artur Milnerowicz¹, Tomasz Jędrzejczak², Paweł Rynio², Arkadiusz Kazimierczak²

Affiliations

¹ Kliniczny Oddział Chirurgii Naczyniowej 4WSK z Polikliniką Wrocław ul, . Weigla 5, Poland.
² Klinika Chirurgii Naczyniowej, Ogólnej i Angiologii PUM w Szczecinie. Ul, . Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, Poland.

Abstract

An aortic arch stent graft is usually contraindicated with a mechanical aortic valve. However, a modified stent graft plus the use of an externalized transapical guidewire technique allowed a safe implantation close to a mechanical aortic valve.

Keywords: Artificial Aortic Valve; Branch Arch Device; Externalized Transapical Guidewire; Physician Modified Endograft.

MeSH terms

Aorta / surgery
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / surgery
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
Endovascular Procedures* / methods
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Stents
Treatment Outcome