This case review discusses the successful management of a rare complication during transcatheter aortic valve implantation in which the valve migrated to the left ventricle, requiring emergent removal and surgical replacement, emphasizing the importance of a heart team's prompt response for favorable outcomes.
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Aortic valve disease
May 27, 2025
In this special one-year anniversary episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Michael Mack about the future of valve surgery.
May 26, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 59-year-old woman with Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis who underwent aortic valve replacement and ascending aortic graft removal followed by annulus repair and Dacron patch placement.
May 23, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Gebrine El Khoury, head of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium, delivered a presentation titled “Step-by-Step Technique of Valve-Spring Reimplantation in TAV and BAV.”
May 20, 2025
This video demonstrates how Dr. Vince Gaudiani managed a patient with a mechanical aortic valve who developed an aorto-mitral abscess.
May 19, 2025
This video demonstrates a challenging redo operation for a patient who had a previous aortic valve replacement that was too small for him. The procedure required the removal of this valve, enlargement of the annulus, and patch repair of the dissociation between the left ventricle and the aorta.
May 16, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Martin Czerny, professor and chairman at University Heart Center Freilburg Bad Krozingen, Germany, delivered a presentation on “Future of Aortic Prosthetics—Biologic and Synthetic Options.”
May 16, 2025
This video demonstrates the technique of robotic totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement and mitral valve repair.
May 15, 2025
This video demonstrates the clinical case of extra-anatomical bypass formation combined with aortic valve replacement in a 50-year-old female with aortic coarctation and aortic valve insufficiency.
May 14, 2025
This video presents a case of a 31-year-old male with a bicuspid aortic valve who underwent aortic valve repair using a rigid internal ring, highlighting the techniques for precise sizing, placement, and stabilization to ensure effective coaptation and durability.