Salvage Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Prior to "Bridge" Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

• Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 403 - 405
• Main Authors: Chiu, Peter, Fearon, William F., Raleigh, Lindsay A., Burdon, Grayson, Rao, Vidya, Boyd, Jack H., Yeung, Alan C., Miller, David Craig, Fischbein, Michael P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Aortic Valve - surgery; Aortic Valve Stenosis - etiology; Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; Humans; Male; Postoperative Complications - surgery; Prosthesis Failure - adverse effects; Reoperation; Salvage Therapy - methods; Shock, Cardiogenic - etiology; Shock, Cardiogenic - therapy; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
• ISSN: 0886-0440; 1540-8191
• DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12750

We describe a patient who presented in profound cardiogenic shock due to bioprosthetic aortic valve stenosis requiring salvage Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation followed by a “bridge” valve‐in‐valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12750 (J Card Surg 2016;31:403–405)