Coronary protection using a pressure wire during transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

ABSTRACT: Coronary obstruction is a rare but life-threatening complication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This article describes the case of a patient with severe aortic valve stenosis treated with TAVI, during which preventive coronary wiring using a pressure wire was performed for coronary protection. After the deployment of the transcatheter heart valve (THV), the values of the fractional flow reserve (FFR) and resting full-cycle ratio (RFR) remarkably decreased, although the findings of transesophageal echocardiography and coronary angiography did not suggest coronary obstruction. Intravascular ultrasound revealed severe stenosis in the left main trunk due to the displacement of the calcified native leaflets. The decrease in the FFR and RFR values after THV deployment led to

SUBMITTER: Kikuchi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10865119 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature