One-shot transcatheter double valve replacement: six-month follow-up-a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in combination with a valve-in-valve (V-i-V) transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is a rare procedure in comparison to surgical therapy especially in young patients. We report on a young patient at high surgical risk, receiving a double valve implantation with two S3 transcatheter heart valves.

Case summary

A 59-year-old female patient with two previous mitral valve replacements due to endocarditis and re-endocarditis experienced a new onset of severe mitral valve stenosis in combination with progredient aortic stenosis. She was admitted to the hospital with severe dyspnoea and intermittent non-invasive ventilation [New York Heart Association (NYHA) III-IV]. An interventional transapical transcatheter double v

SUBMITTER: Lutter G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793151 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature