Valve Cracking Before Valve-In-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation to Treat Severe Paravalvular Leak.
JACC Case Rep 2021;
3:875-881. [PMID:
34317645 PMCID:
PMC8311279 DOI:
10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.12.042]
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Abstract
A patient with severe bioprosthesic patient-prosthesis mismatch, severe paravalvular leak, and symptoms of heart failure New York Heart Association functional class III was successfully treated using valve cracking followed by valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation with excellent results at 1-year follow-up. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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