Late Type A Dissection After Transfemoral Aortic Valve Replacement

An 87-year-old woman had residual moderate to severe aortic insufficiency following transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A year later, she developed extensive Stanford type A aortic dissection originating at the supra-annular aortic edge of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement nitinol frame...

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Published inJACC. Case reports Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 877 - 881
Main Authors Pontious, Michael E., Ashfaq, Awais, Watson, Justin J., Song, Howard K., Fuss, Cristina, Chadderdon, Scott M., Bhamidipati, Castigliano M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.06.2020
Elsevier
Subjects
aortic valve
dissection
Mini-Focus Issue: Complications
stenosis
aortic valve
STS-PROM
TEVAR
TAAD
stenosis
TAVR
dissection
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Summary:An 87-year-old woman had residual moderate to severe aortic insufficiency following transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A year later, she developed extensive Stanford type A aortic dissection originating at the supra-annular aortic edge of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement nitinol frame. Dissection repair, frozen elephant trunk with exclusion of prior insufficiency while preserving the transcatheter aortic valve replacement valve was performed. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) [Display omitted] An 87-year-old woman had residual moderate to severe aortic insufficiency following transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A year later, she…
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.050