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Minimally invasive implantation of a Sapien 3 Ultra Valve in a degenerated tricuspid bioprosthesis
Author(s) -
Ranocchi Federico,
Nicolò Francesca,
Russo Marco,
Lio Antonio,
Cammardella Antonio,
Bergonzini Marcello,
Saitto Guglielmo,
Musumeci Francesco
Publication year - 2020
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.14572
Subject(s) - medicine , tricuspid valve , surgery , prosthesis , regurgitation (circulation) , heart valve , cardiology
Abstract Surgical management of patients affected by structural valve deterioration of bioprostheses in tricuspid valve position represents a challenge. Furthermore, transcatheter valve‐in‐valve implantation (TVIVI) recently emerged as an interesting option in high‐risk surgical patients. When surgery is performed, replacement of the dysfunctional tricuspid bioprosthesis could be a difficult procedure due to the risk of heart rupture during the prosthesis removal. Herein we report the case of a 52‐year‐old female patient in which a transcatheter TVIVI was successfully performed under direct vision as a bailout strategy due to the impossibility of bioprosthesis removal.