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, MD¹ and Mehmet Cilingiroglu, MD²

Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD1 and Me...

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

Grzegorz Smolka, MD¹, Piotr Pysz, MD², Marek Jasinski, MD, PhD³, Rados≈Çaw Goco≈Ç, MD³, Wojciech Domaradzki, MD⁴, Damian Hudziak, MD³, Marek Deja, MD, PhD³, Andrzej Ocha≈Ça, MD, PhD¹, Zbigniew Gasior, MD, PhD²

Grzegorz Smolka, MD1, Piotr Pysz, MD2...

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

Ulrich Gerckens, MD, Luciano Pizzulli...

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