Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Rok Zbačnik

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• Case Report
  Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients with Previous Mitral Valve Replacement: A Case Series
  Author(s): Mojca Skafar, Rok Zbacnik, Jana Ambrozic, Nikola Lakic, Simon Terseglav and Matjaz Bunc Mojca Skafar, Rok Zbacnik, Jana Ambrozic, Nikola Lakic, Simon Terseglav and Matjaz Bunc
  
  Introduction: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is a routine clinical method for patients with severe aortic stenosis at high surgical risk, such as previous cardiac surgery. The presence of mechanical mitral prosthesis might complicate trans-catheter aortic valve implantation because of possible interference between both prostheses. Some clinical reports have already demonstrated the feasibility of trans-catheter aortic valve implantation in such patients. Methods and results: We report 4 patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who had prior mitral valve replacement that successfully underwent trans-catheter aortic valve implantation with Sapien XT (Edwards Lifesiences, Irvine, USA) and CoreValve (Medtronic, Irvine, USA) aortic prosthesis. Multi-slice computed tomographic angiography was used for the assessment of the distanc.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000563

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