Tag Archives: transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) complication

Case description An 80-year-old woman with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis was scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), following Heart Team decision. Pre-procedural computed tomography (CT) angiogram revealed an area-derived annulus diameter of 23.7 mm, and calcium spur which extended from the coronary cusps commissure until the sinotubular junction. It was decided to implant a balloon-expandable TAVI (Sapien XT™ 26 mm) (figure 1A). Figure 1. A. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) positioning. B. Fluoroscopy showing contrast retention (arrow) outside the aorta and prosthetic valve skirt protusion on