Transcatheter aortic valve replacement as a bridge to surgical aortic valve replacement in a younger patient with extremely high surgical risk
Related Experiment Video
Updated: Dec 2, 2025

Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
Koichi Maeda1, Toru Kuratani2, Kazuo Shimamura2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Abstract:
A 50-year-old man with decompensated aortic stenosis displayed significantly reduced ejection fraction, an ascending aortic aneurysm (55 mm in diameter), and bilateral giant bullae, and was evaluated as having extremely high surgical risk. Therefore, as a bridge to definitive treatment, he simultaneously underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and upper left lung lobectomy. His heart function recovered 6 months later and he underwent surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and graft replacement of the ascending aorta. TAVR may serve as a bridge procedure before SAVR for aortic stenosis in younger patients with high surgical risk.
More Related Videos
06:04Upper-extremity Approach for Secondary Access in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Published on: August 8, 2025
05:31Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement from Autologous Pericardium with a Self-Expandable Nitinol Stent in an Adult Sheep Model
Published on: June 8, 2022
Related Concept Videos
Aortic Regurgitation III: Medical Management
Mitral Stenosis III: Medical Management
Aneurysm III: Interprofessional Care