During the latest decade, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has evolved from being indicated only in patients with severe aortic stenosis and prohibitive or high surgical risk, to be an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with intermediate surgical risk. Improvements of the peri-procedural management have resulted in marked reduction of complications and an increasing number of patients treated with TAVI every year in Denmark. By a minimalist approach, TAVI can be performed in local anesthaesia, with same day mobilisation and discharge within few days, without affecting the safety.
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Eur Heart J Case Rep
January 2025
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
Background: Self-expanding valves used in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are designed to allow recapture and repositioning, facilitating optimal placement and mitigating conduction disturbances and paravalvular leakage. Here, we present a rare case in which the Navitor (Abbott Structural Heart, Santa Clara, CA, USA) could not be recaptured.
Case Summary: An 81-year-old Japanese woman with very severe aortic stenosis and a massively calcified nodule at the non-coronary cusp (NCC) underwent TAVI with a 25 mm Navitor valve.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
January 2025
Tehran Heart Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, North Kargar Ave, Tehran 1411713138, Iran.
Background: Since the transcatheter valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure was introduced in 2007, a few cases of infective endocarditis (IE) following the ViV procedure have been reported, which can be predisposed by older age, pre-existing medical conditions, and procedural techniques. Paravalvular abscesses constitute a rare complication of IE, resulting from extending IE beyond the valve annulus, less commonly caused by species. This complication is more common in prosthetic valves, particularly bioprosthetic valves.
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Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
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Interventional Cardiology Service, Centro Medico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Department of Medicine, Otago School of Medicine Otago University Dunedin New Zealand.
Rheumatic heart disease remains prevalent in some regions of Australia and New Zealand. Echocardiography is the gold standard for detection and diagnosis using the 2023 World Heart Federation guidelines. The guidelines describe specific features of mitral and aortic valve morphology and define pathological regurgitation associated with RHD.
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