Cor Vasa 2017, 59(1):e65-e67 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.01.013

Challenging TAVI imaging case with Portico valve

Martin Sluka^*, Jiří Ostřanský, Miloslav Špaček

I. interní klinika - kardiologická, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého a Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc, Olomouc, Česká republika

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is considered as an appropriate alternative to surgical valve replacement in patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis at moderate to high perioperative risk. There have also been case reports and patient series using TAVI system in patients with predominant or pure symptomatic aortic regurgitation. We report a case of a patient with symptomatic combined aortic valve disease that was successfully treated with self-expandable Portico system despite extremely elliptical annulus.

Keywords: Combined aortic valve disease; Elliptical annulus; Self-expandable valve; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Received: October 13, 2016; Accepted: January 12, 2017; Published: February 1, 2017  Show citation