Consideration of the feasibility of transcatheter aortic valve implantation using cardiac computed tomography – Case report of a patient with severe aortic stenosis and undiagnose…
D John, S Yücel, L Büllesfeld, R Müller, U Gerckens, E Grube · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2010 · Heft 01
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Introduction: The present case demonstrates the pre-interventional consideration of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a high-risk patient with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and concomitant single coronary artery arising from the right coronary sinus of Valsalva. Case report: A 90-year-old woman with severe AS was send to our department to evaluate the possibility of TAVI. She suffered from recurrent left ventricular decompensation and dyspnoe NYHA III. Due to several co-morbidities the surgical risk was deemed excessive by a cardiologist and cardiac surgeon. Pre-interventionally, a contrast-enhance…
