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Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: computed tomography scan after valved stent implantation in human cadaver hearts

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
^b Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
^c Institute of Anatomy, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Received 24 November 2008; received in revised form 20 April 2009; accepted 27 April 2009.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Strasse 7, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. Tel.: +49 431 597 4562; fax: +49 431 597 4402. (Email: lutter{at}kielheart.uni-kiel.de).

Computed tomography scans were performed before and after aortic valve resection with consecutive implantation of a valved stent in human hearts with highly calcified aortic valves in situ (n = 2). This demonstrates that the valved stent shows better fitting in the annulus after removal of the native valve.

Key Words: Resection • Percutaneous • Human • Aortic valve • CT • In situ