Volume 92, Issue 3 pp. 522-525
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Edwards Sapien XT® pulmonic valve compression after resuscitation and successful redilatation

Anja Lehner MD

Corresponding Author

Anja Lehner MD

Department for Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, LMU – Campus Großhadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Correspondence Anja Lehner, MD, Department for Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Großhadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Marinos Kantzis MD

Marinos Kantzis MD

Department for Pediatric Cardiology, Center for Congenital Heart Defects Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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Nikolaus A. Haas MD, PhD

Nikolaus A. Haas MD, PhD

Department for Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, LMU – Campus Großhadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

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First published: 18 May 2018
Citations: 3

Abstract

Despite the increasing use of percutaenous valves, little is known about valve performance after external chest compression. We report a case of a compressed pulmonary Edwards Sapien® XT valve after resuscitation. With the patient on ECMO, successful redilatation was performed with unimpaired postprocedural valve function. We aim to increase the awareness for valve distortion after external chest compression with increasing numbers of transcatheter valvulations. We suggest that immediate re-evaluation of the implanted device via biplane fluoroscopy is mandatory after resuscitation in such cases.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

NAH is proctor for Edwards PPVI training. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.

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