Day 1 | An 84-year-old patient with severe aortic stenosis is admitted with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and Killip class III heart failure. |
30 min after admission | Primary percutaneous coronary intervention is performed, with implantation of drug-eluting stents from the left main trunk to the left anterior descending coronary artery (segments 5–7). |
14 h after admission | Emergent transcatheter aortic valve implantation is performed for cardiogenic shock, using a self-expandable bioprosthetic valve. |
15 h after admission | An Impella CP device is inserted through the transcatheter heart valve to provide circulatory support. |
8 days after admission | The Impella CP device is removed. |
35 days after admission | The patient is discharged from the hospital. |
3 months after admission | At his outpatient follow-up visit, the patient is in good condition, with a New York Heart Association functional class II. Transthoracic echocardiography shows improved cardiac function. |