Delayed Migration of a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Into the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Late device migration is a rare complication of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure.

Case summary

This is a 60-year-old man with a medical history of surgical aortic valve replacement with subsequent transcatheter aortic valve replacement who presented to the emergency department for chest discomfort and dyspnea. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed moderate prosthetic aortic regurgitation and severe prosthetic aortic valve stenosis, with evidence of valve migration. The patient underwent a successful transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve replacement.

Discussion

Transcatheter heart valve migration, typically occurring shortly after deployment, is uncommon in late presentations, with few cases reported. Migration occurs when retrograde forc

SUBMITTER: Issany A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12441492 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature