Time |
Events |
6 years earlier |
Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) |
5 years earlier |
Re-do SAVR with a 23 mm Trifecta bioprosthesis due to endocarditis |
6 months earlier |
Patient with dyspnoea being diagnosed as structural valve deterioration (peak velocity of 4.1 m/s, mean gradient of 40 mmHg, and no paravalvular leak) |
Day 0 |
Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Evolut PRO + 26-mm) |
Day 1 |
Transthoracic echocardiography with high residual aortic gradient (peak aortic velocity of 4.0 m/s, mean aortic gradient of 37 mmHg) and computed tomography showing underexpansion of transcatheter heart valve |
Day 3 |
Development of acute decompensated heart failure |
Day 5 |
Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (Atlas Gold PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter 20-mm), leading to balloon entrapment to the strut of Evolut PRO+. Subsequent successful removal of entrapped balloon with transseptal snaring technique. |
Day 7 |
Transthoracic echocardiography showing decrease of aortic gradient (peak aortic velocity of 2.0 m/s, mean aortic gradient of 8 mmHg) |
Day 13 |
Discharge to home without any symptoms |