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Published on: June 3, 2018
Prosthesis embolization into the left ventricle during transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Fabrizio Follis1, Caterina Gandolfo, Gianluca Santise
1aDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery bDepartment of Anesthesiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT) cDivision of Cardiology ARNAS, Palermo, Italy dDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA.
Abstract:
: Images and movie clips documenting the rare occurrence of a percutaneous prosthesis embolization into the left ventricle are presented. The case outcome and the circumstances leading to the event are discussed.
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