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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation using an Edwards Sapien device was successfully performed in a 66-year-old patient with a failing homograft and a preexisting mechanical mitral prosthesis.
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Demonstrates the feasibility of TAVI using an Edwards Sapien device in a failing aortic homograft despite the presence of a mechanical mitral prosthesis.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is increasingly used to treat bioprosthetic degeneration. Valve-in-valve technique has been performed successfully to treat homograft, stentless, and stented bioprosthetic dysfunction. The presence of a prosthesis in the mitral position can make the transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedure challenging due to proximity of the mitral and aortic annuli. We describe the case of a 66-year-old who underwent the first successful implantation of Edwards Sapien device in a failing homograft in the presence of a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis.
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Attia et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Failing homograft with preexisting mechanical mitral prosthesis (n=1). Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (Edwards Sapien device) was evaluated on Successful implantation. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation using an Edwards Sapien device was successfully performed in a 66-year-old patient with a failing homograft and a preexisting mechanical mitral prosthesis.
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