[Unilateral intermittent claudication after transfemoral TAVR procedure].

Abstract

As part of a cardiological follow-up 3 months after transcatheter aortic valve repair (TAVR), an 83-year-old women reported that the attempt to resume postoperative Nordic walking failed due to new unilateral intermittent claudication. Duplex sonography revealed a filiform stenosis at the origin of the superficial femoral artery (SFA), caused by malposition of a plug-based vascular closure device (VCD), hemodynamically consistent with Rutherford I/1. The patient's wishes and high level of suffering justified surgical revascularization. Intraoperatively, subtotal occlusion of the SFA was confirmed by wedging the intravascular anchor of a MANTA VCD in the femoral bifurcation. During the postoperative course, the patient was able to resume her Nordic walking activities without any symptoms.