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Combined surgical and catheter‐based treatment of extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic valve stenosis
Author(s) -
Backer Ole De,
Lönn Lars,
Søndergaard Lars
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.25592
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , surgery , thoracic aortic aneurysm , valve replacement , aneurysm , catheter , aortic valve replacement , aortic aneurysm , aortic arch , thoracic aorta , aortic valve , aortic valve stenosis , stent , radiology , aorta , cardiology
An extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a potentially life‐threatening condition and remains a technical challenge to surgeons. Over the past decade, repair of aortic arch aneurysms has been accomplished using both hybrid (open and endovascular) and totally endovascular techniques. Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) has changed and extended management options in thoracic aorta disease, including in those patients deemed unfit or unsuitable for open surgery. Accordingly, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasingly used to treat patients with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) who are considered at high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. In this report, we describe the combined surgical and catheter‐based treatment of an extensive TAA and AS. To our knowledge, this is the first report of hybrid TAA repair combined with TAVR. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.