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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:e18-e20. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.016
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Transapical Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation in a Human

Anson Cheung, MDa,*, John G. Webb, MDb, Daniel R. Wong, MD, MPHa, Jian Ye, MDa, Jean-Bernard Masson, MDb, Ronald G. Carere, MDb, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, MD, PhDa

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
b Division of Cardiology, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Accepted for publication October 8, 2008.

* Address correspondence to Dr Cheung, Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada (Email: acheung{at}providencehealth.bc.ca).

We describe a human transcatheter transapical mitral valve implant within a mitral bioprosthesis (valve-in-valve). A high-risk, 80-year-old man with symptomatic bioprosthetic mitral stenosis was positioned for anterior minithoracotomy. Left ventricular apical access was obtained. After balloon valvuloplasty, a cuffed, 26-mm Cribier-Edwards transcatheter valve (Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, CA) was deployed within the mitral xenograft, using rapid ventricular pacing. The transcatheter valve functioned properly postoperatively; however, the patient died of multiple organ dysfunction.






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