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Case Reports
. 2012 Mar 13:7:24.
doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-24.

First case of trans apical implantation of an aortic valve in a patient with dextrocardia

Hellmuth S Vh Weich  1 , Jacques van Wyk, Wynand van Zyl, Rocco Vivier, Andre Phillips, Thomas Mabin
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Case Reports

First case of trans apical implantation of an aortic valve in a patient with dextrocardia

Hellmuth S Vh Weich et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

Abstract

We describe the clinical presentation and implantation procedure of the first transcatheter aortic valve implantation described in a patient with dextrocardia.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Inflation of the balloon under rapid ventricular pacing.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Deployment of the valve.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Final result showing good position of the valve and patency of the coronaries.
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