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Percutaneous valve-in-valve implantations: importance of knowing the effective internal diameter of bioprosthetic valves
  1. A B Gopalamurugan,
  2. Markus Reinthaler,
  3. Michael J Mullen
  1. Department for Structural Interventions, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to A B Gopalamurugan, Department for Structural Interventions, The Heart Hospital, 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London W1M 8PH, UK; gopalamurugan{at}yahoo.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304274

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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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