Postoperative Migration of an Edwards-SAPIEN XT Mitral Valve-in-Valve Treated With Direct Vision Implantation During Beating-Heart Bypass

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 1182 - 1185
• Main Authors: Mick, Stephanie L., Roselli, Eric E., Kapadia, Samir, Tuzcu, E. Murat, Krishnaswamy, Amar, Svensson, Lars G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Bioprosthesis - adverse effects; Cardiac Catheterization - methods; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Coronary Artery Bypass - methods; Echocardiography - methods; Echocardiography, Transesophageal - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging; Foreign-Body Migration - surgery; Heart Valve Prosthesis - adverse effects; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Humans; Mitral Valve Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve Stenosis - surgery; Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging; Postoperative Complications - surgery; Prosthesis Failure; Reoperation - methods; Severity of Illness Index; Surgery; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.145

Transcatheter valve-in-valve mitral valve replacement provides treatment options to high-risk patients but is subject to its own complications. We present the migration of a transcatheter balloon-expandable Edwards-SAPIEN XT valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) within a previously implanted surgical Carpentier-Edwards valve (Edwards Lifesciences) and our novel approach to its treatment.