Cerebral Filter Implantation in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery

Abstract

Mitral valve replacement in the setting of extensive mitral annular calcification is technically challenging and associated with high mortality and morbidity, including stroke. This is the first published report of direct surgical transcatheter valve implantation with use of a cerebral embolic protection device. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Keywords

• cerebral embolic protection
• mitral annular calcification
• mitral valve surgery
• stroke