Fracture of the delivery balloon shaft during balloon‐expandable prosthesis alignment during implantation of an Edwards SAPIEN 3. Issue 5 (3rd May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arai, Takahide; Hovasse, Thomas; Chevalier, Bernard
• Is Part Of: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions. Volume 91:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 997
• Page End: 999
• Publication Date: 2016-05-03
• Subjects: transcatheter aortic valve implantation -- balloon shaft malfunction -- SAPIEN 3; Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Cardiac catheterization -- Periodicals; 616.1207572
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26561
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1522-1946

Abstract

Abstract : The expandable sheath was designed with a lower profile in order to reduce the incidence of vascular complications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation using transfemoral approach. However, once the prosthesis has crossed the sheath, it could be difficult to retrieve it from the body. This is the first case of successful bail‐out in an instance of delivery balloon shaft malfunction subsequent to the crossing of an expandable sheath during implantation of an Edwards SAPIEN 3 prosthesis. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.