Edwards Sapien XT® pulmonic valve compression after resuscitation and successful redilatation.

Anja Lehner Marinos KantzisNikolaus A Haas

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)

Despite the increasing use of percutaenous valves, little is known about valve performance after external chest compression. We report a case of a compressed pulmonary Edwards Sapien® XT valve after resuscitation. With the patient on ECMO, successful redilatation was performed with unimpaired postprocedural valve function. We aim to increase the awareness for valve distortion after external chest compression with increasing numbers of transcatheter valvulations. We suggest that immediate re-evaluation of the implanted device via biplane fluoroscopy is mandatory after resuscitation in such cases.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
mitral valve
cardiac arrest
aortic valve replacement
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
ejection fraction
left ventricular
septic shock
pulmonary hypertension
acute respiratory distress syndrome