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Case Reports
. 2013 Nov;96(5):1864-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.040.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for degenerative aortic valve regurgitation long after heart transplantation

Davide Zanuttini  1 , Ilaria Armellini, Teodoro Bisceglia, Leonardo Spedicato, Guglielmo Bernardi, Rodolfo Muzzi, Alessandro Proclemer, Ugolino Livi
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for degenerative aortic valve regurgitation long after heart transplantation

Davide Zanuttini et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become a feasible therapeutic option for the management of high-risk patients with severe degenerative aortic stenosis. Recently it has been extended to high-risk patients with severe aortic regurgitation. Degenerative aortic valve disease is generally uncommon in heart transplant recipients. We report the case of a 75-year-old man in whom severe degenerative aortic regurgitation developed 14 years after heart transplantation (HTx). Because of multiple comorbidities and high surgical risk, TAVI was preferred. A 29-mm CoreValve prosthesis (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN) was successfully implanted using a transfemoral approach.

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