Kissing Balloon “Valvuloplasty” of Obstructed Mechanical Aortic Valve: When You Are Running Out of Options

We report an unusual case where “stuck” bileaflet aortic prosthetic valve occluders were partly released by performing emergency balloon dilatation with 2 noncompliant balloons by a percutaneous femoral approach. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Smith, David, Khurana, Ayush, Youhana, Aprim, Ionescu, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Imaging Vignette
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9270587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35818598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.04.003
Descripción
Sumario:We report an unusual case where “stuck” bileaflet aortic prosthetic valve occluders were partly released by performing emergency balloon dilatation with 2 noncompliant balloons by a percutaneous femoral approach. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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