Transapical Transcatheter Valve-in-valve Replacement for Deteriorated Mitral Valve Bioprosthesis without Radio-Opaque Indicators: The "Invisible" Mitral Valve Bioprosthesis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e19-e22

  Rossi, Marco Luciano ^a,b   Barbaro, Cristina ^a   Pagnotta, Paolo ^a   Cappai, Antioco ^a   Ornaghi, Diego ^a   Belli, Guido ^a   Presbitero, Patrizia ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degenerated bioprosthesis; Radio opaque bioprosthesis indicators; Severe mitral regurgitation; Transcatheter transapical mitral valve in valve replacement; Tridimensional transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; REOPERATION; TRANSAPICAL MITRAL VALVE IN VALVE REPLACEMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGERY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 84921546874     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

References (1)

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