90-years old female patient with a degenerated transcatheter heart valve (THV) (Acurate neo S) implanted 5 years earlier presented with dyspnea. Echocardiography showed a mean gradient of 72mmHg, moderate aortic insufficiency and 40% ventricle function. Computed tomography (CT) showed low left main height and calcified leaflets of the THV. Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (Tf-TAVI) in TAVI. A 20mm Sapien3 Ultra valve was implanted with left main Chimney Stenting technique. Transvalvular mean gradient afterwards was 21mmHg, and CT scan revealed good valve expansion.
Héctor Alfonso Alvarez Covarrubias, MD, MSc, PhD
Héctor Alfonso Alvarez Covarrubias, MD, MSc, PhD
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Technische München, Germany