Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has significantly improved in treating aortic valve disease in recent years, particularly in patients at high surgical risk. This case report describes an 80-year-old woman who had severe aortic stenosis previously treated with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and six years later had a valve-in-valve (ViV) TAVI who developed severe symptomatic restenosis of the bioprosthetic aortic valve five years later of the last procedure. A third valve-in-valve-in-valve (ViViV) TAVI using a 26-mm Sapien 3 valve was performed due to the high surgical risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present an intriguing and rare case of a 71-year-old male who presented with a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Initial coronary angiography revealed severe and unusual systolic extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery (LM), warranting further advanced imaging investigations. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) were employed to determine the underlying cause, which was identified as a contained aortic rupture leading to the formation of a pseudoaneurysm in the left coronary sinus of Valsalva and aortic root.
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