Acquired Aorto-Right Ventricular Fistula following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) techniques are rapidly evolving, and results of published trials suggest that TAVR is emerging as the standard of care in certain patient subsets and a viable alternative to surgery in others. As TAVR is a relatively new procedure and continues to gain its acceptance, rare procedural complications will continue to appear. Our case is about an 89-year-old male with extensive past medical history who presented with progressive exertional dyspnea and angina secondary to severe aortic stenosis. Patient got TAVR and his postoperative course was complicated by complete heart block, aorto-RV fistula, and ventricular septal defect (VSD) formation as a complication of TAVR. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third reported case of aorto-RV fistul

SUBMITTER: Shakoor MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4391320 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature