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Calcium Resection to Relieve Left Main Coronary Obstruction in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
Tang Gilbert H. L.,
Ahmad Hasan,
Cohen Martin,
Undemir Cenap,
Lansman Steven L.
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.12752
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , valve replacement , calcium , resection , aortic valve , aortic root , surgery , aorta , stenosis
Coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a rare yet life‐threatening complication. Emergent resection of the obstructing calcium is a quick and simple method to restore coronary perfusion in TAVR over emergency CABG. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12752 (J Card Surg 2016;31:315–317)