Tarantini Giuseppe, Gasparetto Valeria, Napodano Massimo, Gerosa Gino, Isabella Giambattista
Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Policlinico Universitario, 2 via Giustiniani, 35128 Padova, Italy.
J Invasive Cardiol. 2011 Aug;23(8):E200-1.
We present the case of an 83-year-old man who was admitted with New York Heart Association class III dyspnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Because of high surgical risk, a percutaneous treatment of both mitral and aortic valvulopathies was planned. This case reports the feasibility of a totally percutaneous approach in combined rheumatic mitral and aortic valve disease for patients with prohibitive surgical risk.
