July 24, 2008Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
First percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve‐in‐valve implant with three year follow‐up
Population
1 patient with severe refractory heart failure due to severe aortic regurgitation and moderate aortic stenosis
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
3 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports valve-in-valve TAVR feasibility in select cases; leaves open durability and generalizability pending larger prospective studies.
Structured PICO
P
Population
1 patient with severe refractory heart failure due to severe aortic regurgitation (AR) and moderate aortic stenosis (AS)
I
Intervention
Percutaneous heart valve-in-valve implantation (CoreValve-in-CoreValve)
O
Outcome
Clinical, hemodynamic, and iconographic outcomes at 3 years
This case report demonstrates the feasibility and 3-year durability of a percutaneous CoreValve-in-CoreValve implantation for treating mixed aortic valve disease.
Cite This Study
Ruiz et al. (2008) studied this question.