Equipment entrapment during redo-TAVR with successful BASILICA procedure.
Waqas T QureshiMatthew W ParkerJennifer WalkerNikolaos KakourosPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2021)
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for transcatheter heart valve failure has been suggested for high-risk patients. TAVR-in-TAVR, however, may lead to complex leaflet interactions causing coronary ostial obstruction, which is a devastating complication. Coronary protection with provisional stent placement may be challenging. We describe the first percutaneous transaxillary case of TAVR-in-TAVR with Bioprosthetic Aortic Scallop Intentional Laceration to prevent Iatrogenic Coronary Artery obstruction (BASILICA) where guide catheters used for coronary protection were entrapped between the valve frames. We describe anatomical predictors and management considerations. Operators should be aware of this important complication during TAVR-in-TAVR valve placement.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- left ventricular
- minimally invasive
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- pulmonary artery
- mitral valve
- end stage renal disease
- ultrasound guided
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- peritoneal dialysis