Late Migration of a Transcatheter Heart Valve

Zaid Alirhayim, MD; Dean Kereiakes, MD; Santiago Garcia, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2024)

Late Migration of a Transcatheter Heart Valve

Zaid Alirhayim, MD,
Dean Kereiakes, MD,
Santiago Garcia, MD

Affiliations

Zaid Alirhayim, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr Zaid Alirhayim, The Christ Hospital Physicians, 2139 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, USA.; Christ Hospital Physicians, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dean Kereiakes, MD: Christ Hospital Physicians, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Santiago Garcia, MD: Christ Hospital Physicians, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 4
p. 102214

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Migration or embolization of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) prosthesis is an uncommon (usually acute) complication. Associated risk factors include malpositioning, pacing miscapture, undersizing, postdilation, and bicuspid anatomy. Delayed migration is exceedingly rare with little experience reported. The presentation can be catastrophic, requiring emergency surgery. Herein, we present a case of late TAVR migration managed with repeat transfemoral TAVR.

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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