Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Radi PressureWire Rupture and Embolization to the Right Common Carotid Artery After Crossing a Bjork-Shiley Mechanical Aortic Valve

09/27/2013

Konstantinos Marmagkiolis , MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI;

Mehmet Cilingiroglu , MD;

We report the first case report of pressure guidewire entrapment through a single tilting disk valve (Bjork-Shiley), which resulted in hemodynamic collapse, rupture, and embolization of the pressure wire tip to the right common carotid artery...

We report the first case report...

09/27/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Transapical Closure of Mitral Paravalvular Leaks With Use of Amplatzer Vascular Plug III

09/27/2013

Piotr Pysz , MD;

Marek Jasinski , MD, PhD;

Radosław Gocoł , MD;

Wojciech Domaradzki , MD;

Marek Deja , MD, PhD;

Andrzej Ochala , MD;

Grzegorz A. Smolka , MD;

Zbigniew Gasior , MD;

Damian Hudziak , MD, PhD;

Paravalvular leak (PVL) may complicate cardiac valve replacement surgery. Even though transcatheter PVL closure has become a valid alternative to reoperation, anatomical conditions may prove technically challenging for transvascular access;...

Paravalvular leak (PVL) may...

09/27/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Alcohol Septal Ablation as a Bail-Out Procedure for Suicide Left Ventricle After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

04/26/2013

Ulrich Gerckens , MD;

Luciano Pizzulli , MD;

Konstantinos Raisakis , MD;

We report a case in which alcohol septal ablation was used as a bailout therapy for the acutely developed intracavity obstruction after TAVI. Alcohol septal ablation can be considered as a salvage therapeutic tool when other therapies are...

We report a case in which...

04/26/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology