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Robotic Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Using the Sapien XT in the Setting of Severe Mitral Annular Calcification
Author(s) -
Koeckert Michael S.,
Loulmet Didier F.,
Williams Mathew R.,
Neuburger Peter J.,
Grossi Eugene A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12737
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve replacement , stenosis , calcification , mitral valve , cardiology , mitral annulus , calcinosis , radiology , surgery , diastole , blood pressure
We describe the use of the Sapien XT, placed in the mitral position using a totally endoscopic robotic approach in a 76‐year‐old man with extensive circumferential mitral calcifications and severe stenosis. The patient was at high risk for traditional open surgery and a large mitral valve annulus prevented safe transcatheter deployment due to size mismatch. Our novel approach offered a minimally invasive technique for native mitral valve replacement in a high‐risk patient with anatomical constraints prohibitive to conventional approaches. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12737 (J Card Surg 2016;31:303–305)