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Feb 2nd, 2023
Cases
Platynpnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome Following Abdominal Surgery
64-year-old Caucasian male hospitalized for surgical management of sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma developed acute hypoxic respiratory failure immediately po...
May 17th, 2021
Cases
Incomplete Expansion of a Self-Expanding TAVR Device Leading to Hemodynamic Collapse
A 78-year-old pleasant male who presented with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis underwent transcatheter aortic valve placement. A 34-mm Medtronic ...
Dec 24th, 2020
Cases
Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair
83-year-old female presented to another hospital for worsening dyspnea on exertion (from NYHA FC II to IV) and lower extremity edema. Medical history incl...
Dec 21st, 2020
Cases
Percutaneous Transapical Closure of Severe Paravalvular Mitral Regurgitation
A 42-year-old female with a history of endocarditis requiring bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valve replacements presented with progressive shortness of b...
Dec 16th, 2020
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Valve-in-Valve TAVR: Snare Crossing Technique
66-year-old female with a history of bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aortic aneurysm s/p 23mm Magna bioprosthetic valve replacement and ascending aort...
Dec 16th, 2020
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Shunt Evaluation to Guide PFO Closure
51yo gentlemen with platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome with refractory hypoxemia who was found to have a PFO on TTE and multiple AVMs on CT was referred for P...
Dec 16th, 2020
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Hypoxia After LVAD Implantation
62-year-old male with elective LVAD implantation resulting in severe right to left shunting for an unrecognized PFO. A percutaneous PFO occlude was insert...
Jul 29th, 2020
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair at Non-A2/P2 Location
A 76-year-old male with diabetes mellitus, liver adenocarcinoma on chemotherapy was referred for NYHA class III dyspnea. Transesophageal echocardiogram sh...