Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in an Extremely Tortuous S-Shaped Aorta.

ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative technique to treating aortic stenosis in patients with high surgical risk. We present a case of a successful transfemoral TAVI in a high-risk patient with an extremely tortuous iliofemoral system and a significant S-type bend in the descending aorta. With careful preprocedure planning and using all the techniques available, TAVI can be performed in the most challenging patients.

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5352869 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature