Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation followed by ransfemoral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the tricuspid valve using the MitraClip system - a new treatment concept for an inoperable patient with significant aortic stenosis and severe tricuspid valve regurgitation

Autor: Kowalski, Marek, Franz, Norbert, Hofmann, Steffen, Ritter, Frank, Thale, Joachim, Warnecke, Henning
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Zdroj: Advances in Interventional Cardiology / Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej; 2016, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p262-266, 5p
Abstrakt: A case study of an 81-year-old male patient who was declared surgically inoperable and qualified for consecutive transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation is presented. It mentions that the patients was suffering from severe dyspnea on admission, lower leg edema, pleural effusions and chronic kidney disease. It also mentions us of the MitraClip system for transfemoral edge-to-edge repair of the tricuspid valve.
Databáze: Complementary Index