Unexpected Complications of Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation Nawwar Al-Attar, FRCS, PhD, Walid Ghodbane, MD, Dominique Himbert, MD, Céderic Rau, MD, Richard Raffoul, MD, David Messika- Zeitoun, MD, Eric Brochet, MD, Alec Vahanian, FRCP, MD, Patrick Nataf, MD, FETCS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 1, Pages 90-94 (July 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.070 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Postmortem study showing appropriate seating of the valve. The arrows point to the hematoma in the septal wall in relation with the stent of the prosthesis and a small defect in the interventricular septum. (VSD = ventricular septal defect.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 90-94DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.070) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Computed tomographic scan shows false aneurysm of the apex of the left ventricle. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 90-94DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.070) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions