Troubleshooting in transatrial tricuspid valve-in-valve implantation

Riccardo Cocchieri; Esther M A Wiegerinck; Joris R de Groot; Berto J Bouma; Mandy Marsman; Bas A J M de Mol; Jan Baan Jr

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.084

Troubleshooting in transatrial tricuspid valve-in-valve implantation

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct;94(4):1349-52. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.084.

Authors

Riccardo Cocchieri¹, Esther M A Wiegerinck, Joris R de Groot, Berto J Bouma, Mandy Marsman, Bas A J M de Mol, Jan Baan Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 23006698
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.084

Abstract

The established treatment for degenerated stenotic tricuspid bioprostheses is reoperation. Recently, transcatheter tricuspid valve implantation has been reported as an alternative option. This case report describes a complex transcatheter tricuspid valve implantation in a degenerated Medtronic intact 31 mm bioprosthesis. Implantation of a 26 mm Edwards Sapien valve failed, subsequent transcatheter implantation of a 29 mm Edwards Sapien valve was successful.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bioprosthesis*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tricuspid Valve / surgery*
Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / surgery*