The First Successful Transapical Aortic Valve Implant in Korea
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 577-579, 2011.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-173902
ABSTRACT
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an alternative to open heart surgery in high risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. High mortality and complications related to cardiopulmonary bypass for conventional open heart surgery can be avoided with this new less invasive technique. In case of concomitant severe arterial disease, the transapical approach is recommended rather than transfemoral access. An 80-yr-old man with symptomatic aortic stenosis and who had very high surgical risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, a history of stroke, bronchial asthma including poor pulmonary function and hepatocellular carcinoma was treated with a transapical aortic valve replacement. The expected mortality in this patient was 25.4% by Euroscore if we performed the conventional aortic valve surgery. The patient was discharged and was well at the 45 follow-up days. We report the first case of successful transcatheter transapical aortic valve implantation which is available recently in Korea.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Aortic Valve
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Aortic Valve Stenosis
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Severity of Illness Index
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Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
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Risk Factors
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
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Republic of Korea
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Anesthesia, General
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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