Transcatheter aortic valve implantation and simultaneous closure of ostium secundum atrial septal defect

Heart Surg Forum. 2011 Dec;14(6):E354-6. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20111061.

Abstract

We were faced with a difficult question: how to treat a high-risk patient with severe aortic valve stenosis and a secundum atrial septal defect (ASD II). An 85-year-old woman with progressive dyspnea and pedal edema and in New York Heart Association class IV was treated with concomitant transapical aortic valve implantation and transcatheter closure of the ASD II. The combined procedure and postoperative course were completely uneventful. At 2 years after the clinical follow-up, the patient is doing well. This case report demonstrates, for the first time, the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of simultaneous application of 2 transcatheter methods--aortic valve implantation and closure of an ASD II. As surgeons, we should consider percutaneous treatment of combined structural heart disease in patients at high risk for conventional surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans