Pure Aortic Regurgitation Complicated by Membranous Interventricular Septum Aneurysm Treated With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

An 89-year-old woman with severe aortic regurgitation and an aneurysmal interventricular membranous septum extending into the aortic annulus underwent successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A challenging case because of the risk of valve mispositioning complications attributed to the co-occurrence of pure aortic regurgitation (very low calcium burden) with an aneurysmal interventricular membranous septum. ().

Randomized Angiographic and Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy vs Triple-Antiplatelet Therapy to Reduce Neointimal Tissue Proliferation in Diabetic Patients.

Background: Previous studies have suggested a benefit of cilostazol in addition to standard dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), reducing in-stent late luminal loss and restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with bare-metal and drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. However, there is a paucity of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) assessment of neointimal tissue hyperplasia (NIH) after triple-antiplatelet therapy (TAPT), especially in diabetic patients treated with DES.

Methods: This prospective, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in diabetic patients randomized (1:1) to receive either standard DAPT (aspirin and clopidogrel) vs TAPT with cilostazol for a minimum of 12 months after PCI with Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent (E-ZES).

Stent implantation in surgical cavopulmonary conduit: report of two cases.

Despite advances in Fontan surgery, obstruction in extracardiac ducts may occur and cause clinical deterioration. We report two cases of stent implantation for correction of stenosis in the Fontan surgery. Ascites was a common clinical sign; a patient was protein losing enteropathy.