Makoto Hibino, Minoru Tabata, Joji Ito, Kentaro Shibayama, Kotaro Obunai, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Norio Tada, Toru Naganuma, Motoharu Araki, Futoshi Yamanaka, Hiroshi Ueno, Kazuki Mizutani, Akihiro Higashimori, Kensuke Takagi, Yusuke Watanabe, Shinichi Shirai, Masanori Yamamoto, Kentaro Hayashida
OBJECTIVES: To confirm whether the rescue transcatheter heart valve in the transcatheter heart valve (THV-in-THV) procedure is effective and feasible, we aimed to assess the midterm outcomes following rescue THV-in-THV procedures. The trends in the usage of the rescue THV-in-THV procedure at the time of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have also been explored. BACKGROUND: Midterm outcomes of the rescue THV-in-THV procedure have been poorly defined, though it is popular as an effective method to bail-out some complications in TAVI...
March 2021: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions