• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China;
GUO Yingqiang, Email: drguoyq@hotmail.com
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the preferred treatment for severe aortic stenosis. The localization and anchor of many transcatheter heart valves available in the clinic today are dependent on the calcific aortic valve leaflet of patients. We reported here a successful case of transapical aortic valve implantation with Ken-Valve heart valve in an 82-year-old male patient with pure severe aortic regurgitation without native valve calcium. Postoperative follow-up (3 months after the surgery) showed that the cardiac function significantly improved. The echocardiography indicated that the Ken-Valve prosthesis worked well without perivalvular regurgitation. The short-term clinical effect was satisfactory. The Ken-Valve with three position anchors is proved to be suitable for the treatment of pure aortic regurgitation.

Citation: LIU Lulu, KANG Zhefeng, XIAO Bowen, SHI Jun, WU Binggang, ZHU Xingyu, GUO Yingqiang. Transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement using Ken-Valve for pure severe aortic regurgitation: A case report. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022, 29(8): 1078-1082. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202108018 Copy

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