aortic valve stenosis

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Successful Mechanical Aspiration of Embolized Vessel Fragment During TAVR With Penumbra Indigo Cat Rx Catheter

04/01/2021

Mustafa Iltimas Ahmed , MD;

Shazib Sagheer , MD;

Shane Prejean , MD;

Silvio H. Litovsky , MD;

Thomas Watts , MD;

Gregory Von Mering , MD;

Kyle Eudailey , MD;

An 81-year-old female with severe aortic valve stenosis underwent TAVR using the right femoral approach. Her treatment was complicated by embolization, believed to be caused by a broken-off fragment of the femoral artery that migrated on the...

An 81-year-old female with...

04/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Elective Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Percutaneous Treatment of Patients With Combined Complex Coronary Artery Disease and Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis

02/24/2019

Amelia Focaccio , MD;

Carlo Briguori , MD, PhD;

Carmen D'Amore , MD;

Lucio Selvetella , MD;

Tommaso Lonobile , MD;

We assessed the safety and effectiveness of elective hemodynamic support with the Impella 2.5 system in patients undergoing combined high-risk PCI and balloon aortic valvuloplasty, as a bridge to TAVR.

We assessed the safety and...

02/24/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology