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Valve-in-valve (VIV) implantation with the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) technology has been used to treat dysfunctional bioprosthetic valves. A factor that determines a patient's suitability is the valve size of the previously implanted bioprosthetic valve. A 64-year-old lady with previous tricuspid valve replacement (33 mm stented tissue valve, model: ESP100-33M-00 Epic, St Jude Medical, Minnesota, USA), was referred for treatment of her dysfunctional tricuspid valve due to severe …
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Contributors All the authors in this article contributed on the following: (1) conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article, or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (2) final approval of the version to be published.
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Competing interests None.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
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