Transfemoral and transseptal valve-in-valve implantation into a failing mitral xenograft with a balloon-expandable biological valve

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Dec;94(6):2115-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.123.

Abstract

Valve-in-valve implantation for degenerated surgical bioprosthetic valves is becoming an increasingly accepted approach in selected high-risk patients. In the past, valve-in-valve implantations have been mainly performed in aortic position and only rarely in mitral position. We describe the case of an 81-year-old female patient with severe mitral regurgitation of a degenerated Carpentier-Edwards biological prosthesis treated by transfemoral and transseptal implantation of a SAPIEN-XT valve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bioprosthesis*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Femoral Artery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Reoperation / methods*
  • Transplantation, Heterologous