A rare complication of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Free-floating nose cone

Abstract

Presently described is a case in which the tip of the delivery catheter system (nose cone) has been broken during catheter removal after valve deployment in a femoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure and the successful management of this rare complication.

Keywords

• aortic valve disease
• transcatheter valve implantation
• percutaneous valve therapy