Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in moderate bicuspid aortic valve disease in a patient with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy – bridge to heart transplantation
A 64-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator, was admitted to the cardiology unit due to consecutive acute heart failure (HF) decompensation. Regardless of potent optimal pharmac...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2021-11-01
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Series: | Advances in Interventional Cardiology |
Online Access: | https://www.termedia.pl/Transcatheter-aortic-valve-implantation-in-moderate-bicuspid-aortic-valve-disease-in-a-patient-with-end-stage-dilated-cardiomyopathy-bridge-to-heart-transplantation,35,45655,1,1.html |
Summary: | A 64-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator, was admitted to the cardiology unit due to consecutive acute heart failure (HF) decompensation. Regardless of potent optimal pharmacotherapy, at admission, the patient was in NYHA class 4. |
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ISSN: | 1734-9338 1897-4295 |