18 Feb 2023
TAVI in a patient with heavily calcified valve anatomy - LIVE case
Balloon expendable valve (BEV) in a massive valve calcification
Procedural Analyst:
N. Kamioka
Summary
An 80-year-old male with chronic kidney disease and interstitial pneumonia treated under steroids presented a symptomatic severe aortic stenosis with massive calcifications on the valves and only on the valves (not the LVOT).
Watch the operators implant a Sapien 3 23 mm (-1cc) with a predilatation (Balloon 20 mm).
LIVE case from Nagoya Heart Center - Nagoya, Japan
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Key moments
- 4:22-15:22 - CT analysis
- 40:50-41:15 - Balloon predilatation
- 42:25-45:21 - valve deployment
Keywords: Sapien 3, vascular closure
