Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an emergent technique for high risk patients with aortic stenosis. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation poses significant challenges about its management, due to the procedure itself (i.e. the passage of large stiff sheaths in diseased vessels, the valve dilatation and the prosthesis positioning during a partial cardiac standstill) and the populatio...

Ventricular septal defect concurrent with left ventricular aneurysm is unusual in postinfarction patients. The complex anatomy is challenging for occluder deployment in transcatheter closure and associated with high risk of aneurysm perforation. We present a case of transcatheter closure of a large postinfarction ventricular septal defect with an Amplatzer septal occluder in a 71-year-old woman...

We present a 69-year-old woman with a duodenal obstruction after successful selective transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for a duodenal diverticular hemorrhage. Two weeks after TAE, the patient showed abrupt symptoms of duodenal obstruction. Resolving hematomas after successful selective transcatheter arterial embolization should be thoroughly observed because they might result in duoden...

Co-occurrence of atrial septal defect and pulmonary valve stenosis is a rare entity for adult population. It is possible to correct both the pulmonary stenosis and the defect in the atrial septum by transcatheter methods. We present a case of right to left shant due to severe pulmonary stenosis and atrial defect which was successfully corrected by transcatheter pulmonary valvuloplasty and closu...

Dear Editor, Surgery has long been considered as an optimal treatment strategy to treat ventricular septal defect (VSD) complicated with moderate or severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR).1-3 Effects of non-surgical intervention, such as interventional closure, are not well-established yet.4-7 This study aimed to compare the effects of TR and clinical outcomes in VSD patients, treated either with ...

Four patients referred for surgical treatment of aortic stenosis presented an unexpected extremely calcified (porcelain) ascending aorta at the intraoperative epiaortic ultrasonography scanning. In each patient, replacement of the aortic valve was successfully performed using a sutureless implantable bioprosthesis during a short period of hypothermic circulatory arrest. In the era of transcathe...

Sir, An aortopulmonary window (APW) is a rare cardiac malformation, first reported by Elliotson, is found in 0.1% of patients with congenital cardiac lesions.[1] In most cases, surgical repair is undertaken during infancy although isolated cases have been reported of transcatheter device closures. We report our experience of transcatheter APW closure via antegrade and retrograde methods using a...

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one of the most common congenital heart defects. Although surgery is still required in symptomatic neonates, the majority of older infants and children can undergo safe and effective transcatheter device closure on an out-patient basis. First described in 1967, over the past four decades, numerous devices have been specifically developed for this purpose. This ...

Corresponding author: Marek Kowalski MD, PhD, Cardiology Department, Schuechtermann-Klinik, Ulmenallee 5-11, 49214 Bad Rothenfelde, Germany, phone: +49 542464130023, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 3.05.2016, accepted: 11.06.2016. Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation followed by transfemoral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the tricuspid valve using the M...

Postpartum hemorrhage is one of the major causes of maternal mortality. There are medical and surgical options to control the bleeding, some of which can impair future fertility. Transcatheter arterial embolization might be a useful option in the management of intractable postpartum bleeding before the consideration of more invasive and radical methods. In this report, we report a 33-year-old p...