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Transapical mitral valve-in-valve procedure with elective venoarterial ECMO in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis.

Ilaria FranzeseVera CeteraGabriele PesariniFrancesco OnoratiFlavio Luciano RibichiniGiuseppe FaggianAldo D Milano
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement (TMVR) is a feasible alternative in high-risk patients requiring reoperation for failing mitral bioprosthesis. Such patients may present with hemodynamic instability or sudden complications, which may jeopardize the outcomes. We report a successful transapical TMVR in a patient, with severe kyphoscoliosis and on prolonged mechanical ventilation, with prophylactic extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support. This combined procedure may be helpful to reduce the complications of TMVR in critically ill subjects.
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