TY - JOUR
T1 - Transcatheter aortic valve implantation through the ascending aorta
T2 - An alternative option for no-access patients
AU - Bauernschmitt, Robert
AU - Schreiber, Christian
AU - Bleiziffer, Sabine
AU - Ruge, Hendrik
AU - Mazzitelli, Domenico
AU - Hutter, Andrea
AU - Tassani, Peter
AU - Lange, Rüdiger
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - Retrograde transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was successfully performed in an 80-year-old woman who had critical aortic stenosis but had no conventional access available because of severe calcifications of the femoral, iliac, and subclavian arteries. The TAVI procedure was performed with the CoreValve ReValving System. The currently available results obtained with TAVI show that such approaches provide significant clinical improvement in patients with severe aortic stenosis and unacceptable risk or contraindications for surgery. The ascending aorta approach might help to expand the implantation possibilities for those patients for whom the typical access sites are not available.
AB - Retrograde transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was successfully performed in an 80-year-old woman who had critical aortic stenosis but had no conventional access available because of severe calcifications of the femoral, iliac, and subclavian arteries. The TAVI procedure was performed with the CoreValve ReValving System. The currently available results obtained with TAVI show that such approaches provide significant clinical improvement in patients with severe aortic stenosis and unacceptable risk or contraindications for surgery. The ascending aorta approach might help to expand the implantation possibilities for those patients for whom the typical access sites are not available.
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U2 - 10.1532/HSF98.20081112
DO - 10.1532/HSF98.20081112
M3 - Article
C2 - 19233771
AN - SCOPUS:66649102582
SN - 1098-3511
VL - 12
SP - E63-E64
JO - The heart surgery forum
JF - The heart surgery forum
IS - 1
ER -