Florian E. M. Herrmann1,4, Petra Wellmann1, Vera von Dossow2, Steffen Massberg3, Christian Hagl1, René Schramm1, Maximilian Pichlmaier1 1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany2Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany 3Department of Cardiology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany 4Electronic correspondence: Florian.Herrmann@med.uni-muenchen.de |
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A patient presented with a decompensated cardiomyopathy requiring invasive hemodynamic support with an Impella® heart pump. Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) became necessary during the further course and the patient was bridged to left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Postoperatively, the patient did not improve as expected due to new aortic regurgitation (AR) that was most likely caused by the previously placed
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Impella. A SAPIEN 3 transcatheter aortic valve was implanted as a bail-out strategy; an additional valve-in-valve rescue was required due to paravalvular regurgitation. This resulted in a restitution of valvular function and hemodynamic improvement. TAVI appears to be a valuable bail-out option for postoperative AR following LVAD implantation. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2017;26:603-605 |
Rescue TAVI for Aortic Regurgitation after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Following Preoperative Impella® Support |
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