Case Report: Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Embolization: Cause, Management, and Redo

Mi Chen; Mi Chen; Barbara E. Stähli; Jonathan M. Michel; Miriam Brinkert; Felix C. Tanner; Albert Markus Kasel

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2021.774047

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Nov 2021)

Case Report: Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Embolization: Cause, Management, and Redo

Mi Chen,
Mi Chen,
Barbara E. Stähli,
Jonathan M. Michel,
Miriam Brinkert,
Felix C. Tanner,
Albert Markus Kasel

Affiliations

Mi Chen: University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mi Chen: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Barbara E. Stähli: University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jonathan M. Michel: University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Miriam Brinkert: Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
Felix C. Tanner: University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Albert Markus Kasel: University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.774047
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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The transcatheter heart valve (THV) embolization is a rare but challenging complication in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We report the case of an 81-year-old man with Sapien 3 embolization caused by interrupted rapid pacing. In this setting, we describe the embolized THV management and the technique of the second Sapien 3 implantation.

Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ISSN: 2297-055X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine

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