Don't Trust the Imaging: Necrotic Bowel Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Through Aortic Stent Graft

Arsalan Abu-Much*, Israel M. Barbash, Victor Guetta, Amit Segev, Paul Fefer, Shlomi Matetzky, Noam Nissan, Elad Maor

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Abstract

Mesenteric ischemia is a rare but lethal complication of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We present a challenging case of an 80-year-old man who had abdominal pain few hours following TAVR. Repeated abdominal and pelvic imaging showed no vascular obstruction, but exploratory laparoscopy revealed a necrotic bowel. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2339-2343
Number of pages5
JournalJACC: Case Reports
Volume2
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

Keywords

  • aortic valve
  • complication
  • necrosis
  • stenosis
  • thrombosis
  • thrombus
  • valve replacement

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