A 75 year-old man with severe aortic stenosis is deemed unsuitable for surgery on the basis of a porcelain aorta detected with cross-sectional imaging. The patient had, a decade earlier, been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after presenting with cardiac arrhythmia. A dual chamber ICD was implanted at the time for secondary prevention and other comorbidities were managed. 

The patient is now being considered for staged alcohol septal ablation (for the HCM) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (for the aortic stenosis), however, additional complications force an experimental two-in-one procedure.

Guest
Professor Ross Roberts-Thomson FRACP (Central Adelaide Local Health Network; University of Adelaide)

Hosts
Associate Professor Stephen Bacchi FRACP (Northern Adelaide Local Health Network; University of Adelaide)
Dr Alistair Leslie (Central Adelaide Local Health Network;)

Key Reference (Spoiler Alert)

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Two-in-one: Combined transcatheter therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and aortic stenosis [IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports (CVCR). 2020]
 
 

Production
Produced by Stephen Bacchi and Mic Cavazzini DPhil. Music licenced from Epidemic Sound includes ‘Desert Whispers’ by Tellsonic and ‘Brighton Breakdown’ by BDBs. Image created and copyrighted by RACP.

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