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Søren Rønborg1, Nis Høst1, Gintautas Bieliauskas2
1Kardiologisk Afdeling, Københavns Universitetshospital - Bispebjerg og Frederiksberg Hospital.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|February 10, 2023
Abstract:
Aortic-to-right ventricle fistula is a rare complication after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In this case report, an 87-year-old male was admitted with signs of congestion six weeks after TAVI. Two days later, he developed severe epigastric and back pain, elevated D-dimer, lactic acidosis and renal failure. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a progressing aortic-to-right ventricle fistula which in retrospect had been present since the TAVI-procedure. The patient died despite supportive treatment.