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This case report highlights a procedural complication of balloon bursting during the deployment of a balloon-expandable TAVR valve.
May offer bailout for rare TAVR balloon fracture; single case leaves open reproducibility.
An 88-year-old man was referred to transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Edwards 26-mm Sapien bioprosthetic valve (Sapien) implantation was planned after accurate computed tomography–based procedure planning. When the valve was released, the inflation pressure decreased rapidly due to the balloon bursting. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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Berti et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (n=1). Endovascular snare technique was evaluated on Successful retrieval of fractured balloon.
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