Nose cone entrapment after transcatheter aortic valve implantation of a CoreValve self-expandable bioprosthesis.

: We describe the first reported case of a nose cone entrapment of the delivering catheter of a CoreValve self-expandable valve, during a transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedure. The complication was successfully treated after snaring the cone and retracting the system within the introducing sheath.