Combined transcatheter treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis and infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm in increased surgical risk patients.

Abstract The prevalence of combined severe aortic stenosis and abdominal aortic aneurysm is increasing with the ageing of the population. Both conditions are associated with adverse outcome if not adequately managed. The choice of the optimal treatment of these patients is challenging and no clear recommendations are available. We report two cases of patients with concomitant severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm successfully treated with combined transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). The reported cases demonstrate the versatility of transcatheter techniques and suggest that, in carefully selected patients, the combined procedure of TAVI plus EVAR, if performed by multidisciplinary expert operators, is safe and effective.