Open AccessTRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION IN 80-YEAR OLD PATIENT WITH CRITICAL AORTIC STENOSIS
Author(s) -
А В Чупин,
Д В Пузенко,
Д П Лебедев,
E A Zvezdkina,
Yu M Alekseeva,
S. N. Safronov
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
kliničeskaâ praktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-8627
pISSN - 2220-3095
DOI - 10.17816/clinpract4429-37
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , chest pain , cardiology , weakness , aortic valve replacement , surgery , aortic valve , aortic valve stenosis
The present report describes a 80-year old female suffering from shortness of breath, chest pain and weakness by reason of critical aortic stenosis. The patient with high risk open surgical intervention successfully underwent miniinvasive treatment – transcateter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).