Innovative transapical-transfemoral loop approach: First case of CoreValve implantation in a 19-mm Mitroflow during double valve-in-valve procedure

An 80-year-old woman with rheumatic valve disease and two previous cardiac surgeries was admitted for heart failure exacerbation. The patient presented stenotic aortic 19-mm Mitroflow and mitral 31-mm Carpentier-Edwards bioprostheses, and was deemed inoperable due to frailty and prohibitive surgical...

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Main Authors: Rui Campante Teles, Daniel Nascimento Matos, Miguel Abecasis, João Mesquita, Regina Ribeiras, José Pedro Neves, Manuel Almeida, Miguel Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255120300822
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Summary:An 80-year-old woman with rheumatic valve disease and two previous cardiac surgeries was admitted for heart failure exacerbation. The patient presented stenotic aortic 19-mm Mitroflow and mitral 31-mm Carpentier-Edwards bioprostheses, and was deemed inoperable due to frailty and prohibitive surgical risk. The heart team decided on a compassionate double valve-in-valve procedure, with transfemoral implantation of a 23-mm aortic CoreValve Evolut R and transapical implantation of a 29-mm mitral Edwards SAPIEN 3. During the procedure, after extreme difficulty in retrograde crossing of the aortic valve, a transapical-transfemoral loop was successfully performed. The procedure was without complications and the patient was discharged in NYHA class II with normally functioning valves. Resumo: Uma mulher de 80 anos com valvulopatia reumática e duas cirurgias cardíacas prévias foi internada por insuficiência cardíaca agudizada. A doente apresentava estenose de biopróteses Mitroflow 19 em posição aórtica e Carpentier-Edwards 31 em posição mitral, sendo considerada inoperável devido a fragilidade e a risco cirúrgico proibitivo. A Heart Team decidiu por um duplo procedimento valve-in-valve compassionate: implantação de Corevalve Evolut R 23 em posição aórtica via transfemoral e de Edwards Sapiens 3 29 em posição mitral por via apical. Durante o procedimento e após dificuldades extremas na progressão por via retrógrada aórtica, uma ansa transapical-femoral foi bem-sucedida. O procedimento correu sem complicações. A doente teve alta em classe NYHA II com biopróteses normofuncionantes.
ISSN:0870-2551