Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation and Simultaneous Closure of Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect

Authors

  • Miralem Pasic
  • Felix Berger
  • Giuseppe D'Ancona
  • Stephan Dreysse
  • Semih Buz
  • Thorsten Drews
  • Roland Hetzer
  • Axel Unbehaun
  • Marian Kukucka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20111061

Abstract

We were faced with a difficult question: how to treat a high-risk patient with severe aortic valve stenosis and a secundum atrial septal defect (ASD II). An 85-year-old woman with progressive dyspnea and pedal edema and in New York Heart Association class IV was treated with concomitant transapical aortic valve implantation and transcatheter closure of the ASD II. The combined procedure and postoperative course were completely uneventful. At 2 years after the clinical follow-up, the patient is doing well. This case report demonstrates, for the first time, the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of simultaneous application of 2 transcatheter methods—aortic valve implantation and closure of an ASD II. As surgeons, we should consider percutaneous treatment of combined structural heart disease in patients at high risk for conventional surgery.

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Published

2011-12-13

How to Cite

Pasic, M., Berger, F., D’Ancona, G., Dreysse, S., Buz, S., Drews, T., Hetzer, R., Unbehaun, A., & Kukucka, M. (2011). Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation and Simultaneous Closure of Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect. The Heart Surgery Forum, 14(6), E354-E356. https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20111061

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