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Case Reports
. 2009 Mar;87(3):e18-20.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.016.

Transapical transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation in a human

Anson Cheung  1 , John G Webb, Daniel R Wong, Jian Ye, Jean-Bernard Masson, Ronald G Carere, Samuel V Lichtenstein
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Transapical transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation in a human

Anson Cheung et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

We describe a human transcatheter transapical mitral valve implant within a mitral bioprosthesis (valve-in-valve). A high-risk, 80-year-old man with symptomatic bioprosthetic mitral stenosis was positioned for anterior minithoracotomy. Left ventricular apical access was obtained. After balloon valvuloplasty, a cuffed, 26-mm Cribier-Edwards transcatheter valve (Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, CA) was deployed within the mitral xenograft, using rapid ventricular pacing. The transcatheter valve functioned properly postoperatively; however, the patient died of multiple organ dysfunction.

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