The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE
Direct Flow valve-in-valve implantation in a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis
EuroIntervention 2016;11:1549-1553 published online ahead of print July 2015. DOI: 10.4244/EIJY15M07_05
Giuseppe Bruschi1*, MD, FESC; Aldo Cannata1, MD; Alberto Barosi1, MD; Paola Colombo1, MD, PhD; Francesco Soriano1, MD; Stefano Nava1, MD; Elisa Montrasio2, MD; Luca Botta1, MD, PhD; Maria Pia Gagliardone2, MD; Silvio Klugmann1, MD; Federico De Marco1, MD, PhD
1. Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Department “A. De Gasperis”, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy; 2. Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
Aims: Mitral valve reoperations due to failing bioprostheses, in patients affected by multiple comorbidities, are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Transcatheter techniques ma