Demonstrates the feasibility of awake transapical aortic valve implantation in a high-risk patient with severe COPD.
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May enable transapical aortic valve implantation in severe COPD; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Transapical aortic valve implantation is being employed as a less invasive alternative to open heart surgery in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. Here we report the case of an awake transapical aortic valve implantation in a patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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