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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Oct 2016
Case ReportsTranscatheter CoreValve implantation for aortic regurgitation in a Jehovah's witness with prior aortic dissection.
- Marco Pocar, Davide Tavano, Davide Passolunghi, and Flavio Airoldi.
- MultiMedica Scientific Institute, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy University of Milan, Milan, Italy marco.pocar@unimi.it.
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2016 Oct 1; 23 (4): 674-6.
AbstractIndications for transcatheter valve implantation have been extended to treat native valve aortic regurgitation in case of disproportionate risk for open surgery. Transcatheter aortic valves are also an attractive alternative in patients who refuse blood transfusions. We report the successful off-label implantation of a self-expandable transcatheter valve in a Jehovah's Witness with prior replacement of the ascending aorta for Type A dissection, residual severe aortic regurgitation and refractory heart failure.© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
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