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Standardized Technique of Aortic Valve Re-implantation for Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Published on: December 11, 2017
Surgical Explantation of a Lotus Transcatheter Aortic Valve
Helen Duenas1, J Hunter Mehaffey1, Leora T Yarboro1
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Abstract:
The Lotus (Boston Scientific) valve stood out from alternative transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) valves because of its ability to recapture and redeploy if initial placement was unsatisfactory. With the exponential rise in TAVR, there have been numerous reports of TAVR valve explantation. A 79-year-old man with nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis who had undergone TAVR with a Lotus valve 12 months earlier presented for surgical excision for early valve failure. The Food and Drug Administration stated that already implanted Lotus valves are not a safety issue; however, cases of valve degeneration will occur, necessitating future valve explantation.

