Transcatheter Restoration of the Left Ventricular Outlet in a Patient With an Implanted Apicoaortic Conduit

Axel Unbehaun, MD; Ulrich Gerckens, MD; Christoph Klein, MD; Alexander Berger, MD; Mazen Alhaloush, MD; Jan Knierim, MD; Alexander Mladenow, MD; Natalia Solowjowa, MD; Volkmar Falk, MD; Joerg Kempfert, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Nov 2020)

Transcatheter Restoration of the Left Ventricular Outlet in a Patient With an Implanted Apicoaortic Conduit

Axel Unbehaun, MD,
Ulrich Gerckens, MD,
Christoph Klein, MD,
Alexander Berger, MD,
Mazen Alhaloush, MD,
Jan Knierim, MD,
Alexander Mladenow, MD,
Natalia Solowjowa, MD,
Volkmar Falk, MD,
Joerg Kempfert, MD

Affiliations

Axel Unbehaun, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Address for correspondence: Dr. Axel Unbehaun, German Heart Center Berlin, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Ulrich Gerckens, MD: Department of Cardiology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Christoph Klein, MD: Department of Internal Medicine–Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Alexander Berger, MD: Department of Internal Medicine–Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mazen Alhaloush, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jan Knierim, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Alexander Mladenow, MD: Department of Anaesthesiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Natalia Solowjowa, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Volkmar Falk, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Joerg Kempfert, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 14
pp. 2131 – 2137

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We describe the transcatheter management of severe aortic regurgitation in a middle-aged patient with a porcelain aorta who underwent implantation of an apicoaortic valved conduit 12 years ago. Instantaneous relief of heart failure symptoms was achieved by restoring antegrade blood flow to the ascending aorta. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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