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Douglas M Farmer1,2, Jose G Díez2,3, Vicente Orozco-Sevilla1,2
1Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Abstract:
Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement for degenerated surgical bioprosthesis is becoming a more common therapeutic option. Rapid-deployment valves are novel, have distinct structural differences from standard surgical valves, and are increasingly used in minimal-access surgery. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who developed severe stenosis of an Edwards INTUITY Elite rapid-deployment valve and who subsequently underwent successful valve-in-valve placement of a self-expanding transcatheter valve. To our knowledge, this is the first description of the technical aspects of and considerations for using the self-expanding transcatheter platform in the Edwards INTUITY Elite valve.
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