Successful Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in a Centenarian Patient
Authors
Yong-Joon Lee ; Young-Ju Kim ; Jung-Hee Lee ; Young-Guk Ko ; Sanghoon Shin ; Geuru Hong ; Sak Lee ; Byung-Chul Chang ; Jae-Kwang Shim ; Young-Ran Kwak ; Myeong-Ki Hong
Citation
Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society (노인병), Vol.18(1) : 44-47, 2014
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a less invasive procedure to treat severe aortic valve stenosis than conventional surgical aortic valve replacement. Furthermore, TAVI has shown similar clinical outcomes as surgical treatment with less mortality and morbidities in elderly patients at high risk for conventional surgery. In this report, we describe case of successful TAVI using a CoreValve in a 103-year-old patient with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis.