Aortic Valve Replacement Using Balloon Catheter for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair to Patient with Calcified Aorta.
10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.3.212
- Author:
In Sook KIM
1
;
Joung Hun BYUN
;
Byung Ha YOO
;
Han Yong KIM
;
Sang Won HWANG
;
Yun Gyu SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aortic valve;
Aorta;
Calcification
- MeSH:
Aorta;
Aortic Valve;
Catheters;
Chest Pain;
Constriction;
Dyspnea;
Echocardiography;
Heart Ventricles;
Humans;
Thorax
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2013;46(3):212-215
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 79-year-old man was admitted to Samsung Changwon Hospital due to chest pain and dyspnea. The ejection fraction was 31% and mean pressure gradient between the left ventricle and aorta was 69.4 mmHg on echocardiography. Chest computed tomography showed severe calcification of the ascending aorta. Aortic valve replacement was successfully performed using a thoracic endovascular aortic repair balloon catheter without classic aortic cross clamping. The patient was discharged on the eleventh postoperative day.
