Percutaneous aortic valve replacement:: Endovascular resection of human aortic valves in situ
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement:: Endovascular resection of human aortic valves in situ
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.11.036
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发表时间:
2008-05-01
影响因子:
6
通讯作者:
Lutter, Georg
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作者:
Quaden, Rene;Attmann, Tim;Lutter, Georg
Objective: Transluminal in vitro resection of severely calcified human aortic valves has already been successfully carried out by our group. The aim of this study was to analyze endovascular laser-assisted resection of human aortic valves in situ in 10 human cadavers.Material and Methods: After anterolateral minithoracotomy, the aortic valve isolation chamber system was inserted into the descending aorta and pushed forward transluminally into the aortic position to generate a separate operation space between the subvalvular and the proximal ascending aortic area. After deployment and sealing of the chamber, stable function with a continuous chamber lavage of 1.58 L/min saline solution was established (8/10 cases). The endoscopically guided laser fiber was delivered via the right carotid artery. After fixation of a leaflet by a forceps catheter, the native leaflets were resected each by a thulium: YAG laser with 20-W power rating. Macropathology and micropathology of surrounding anatomic structures were analyzed.Results: The duration of transluminal positioning and deployment of the aortic valve isolation chamber took 7.3 +/- 5.8 minutes. Fluoroscopy confirmed sealed chambers. The resection was completed in all leaflets and took, on average, 6.0 +/- 3.5 minutes per leaflet. The aortic wall was moderately injured in 4 of 10 cases and the aortic annulus in two cases with one aortic wall perforation. The surrounding tissue, the coronary ostia, the mitral valve, and the left ventricular outflow tract remained unaffected.Conclusion: This study demonstrates the feasibility of endovascular resection of human aortic valves in situ. This is a subsequent step toward complete percutaneous replacement (resection and implantation) of human aortic valves.