Author/Authors :
Liu, Shuangbo Section of Cardiology - St. Boniface Hospital - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada , Toleva, Olga Section of Cardiology - St. Boniface Hospital - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada , Ravandi, Amir Section of Cardiology - St. Boniface Hospital - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada , Pozeg, Zlatko Section of Cardiac Surgery - St. Boniface Hospital - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada , Menkis, Alan Section of Cardiac Surgery - St. Boniface Hospital - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada , Kass, Malek Section of Cardiology - St. Boniface Hospital - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative technique to treating aortic stenosis in patients with
high surgical risk. We present a case of a successful transfemoral TAVI in a high-risk patient with an extremely tortuous iliofemoral
system and a significant S-type bend in the descending aorta. With careful preprocedure planning and using all the techniques
available, TAVI can be performed in the most challenging patients.
