Preemptive Alcohol Septal Ablation Prior to Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement With Bioprosthetic Balloon Fracture

A 78-year-old woman with bioprosthetic mitral valve degeneration at high risk for reoperation was referred for transcatheter mitral valve replacement. We describe the use of a preemptive alcohol septal ablation pre-procedurally to minimize the risk of acute left ventricular outflow tract obstruction...

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Published in:	JACC: Case Reports
Main Authors:	Pedro Engel Gonzalez, MD, Aslan T. Turer, MD, MHS, Neelan Doolabh, MD, Michael E. Jessen, MD, Dharam J. Kumbhani, MD, SM
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2021-03-01
Subjects:	mitral valve valve replacement vascular disease
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921000061