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Trans-catheter aortic-valve implantation by the subclavian approach complicated with vessel dissection and transient left-arm paralysis.

Citation:

Vavuranakis M, Vrachatis DA, Filis K, Stefanadis C. Trans-catheter aortic-valve implantation by the subclavian approach complicated with vessel dissection and transient left-arm paralysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011;39(1):127-9.

Abstract:

We report a case of an 84-year-old female with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, who was treated with trans-catheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI), through the left subclavian artery. A CoreValve bioprosthesis was successfully implanted, but the procedure was complicated by a focal left subclavian dissection and transient left-arm paralysis, which was successfully managed.