Hardy Baumbach

Publications (3)3.74 Total impact

• Article: Concomitant transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass.

  Hardy Baumbach, Sara Adili, Adrian Ursulescu, Ulrich F W Franke
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  ABSTRACT: We represent a successful minimally invasive combined off-pump procedure consisting of a transapical aortic valve implantation and a direct coronary artery bypass grafting in a woman with a severe aortic stenosis and a critical coronary artery disease. Due to her comorbidities, she was classified as a high-risk patient qualifying for a transcatheter procedure. We performed this combined procedure in a hybrid operation room, starting with the coronary bypass to maintain a coronary blood flow during the transapical valve implantation. The operation processed without any complications and she was discharged at the seventh postoperative day into the allocating hospital.
  Innovations Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 11/2011; 6(6):389-90.
• Article: Severe aortic insufficiency after transapical aortic valve implantation.

  Hardy Baumbach, Stephan Hill, Matthias Hansen, Ulrich F W Franke
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  ABSTRACT: We report the dislocation of a stented aortic valve prosthesis two weeks after the uneventful transapical implantation in a female who had underwent mitral valve replacement and CABG six years before. The initial implantation of the Edwards Sapien aortic valve prosthesis (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA), as well as the postoperative recovery, was uneventfully. At the sixth postoperative day, the patient developed a progressive heart failure due to a severe aortic insufficiency. During conventional aortic valve replacement, the dislocated prosthesis was found in the left ventricle. After uncomplicated postoperative recovery, the patient could be discharged in a good physical condition. Preexisting mitral valve prosthesis seems to be an important, complicating goal for transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 08/2011; 92(2):728-9. · 3.74 Impact Factor
• Article: Minimally invasive Ross procedure through partial upper sternotomy.

  Ulrich F W Franke, Marc Albert, Christian Rustenbach, Hardy Baumbach
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  ABSTRACT: The Ross procedure has gained increasing interest for therapy of aortic valve pathologies in young adults because of excellent long-term results. This case report describes the first published experiences of the Ross procedure performed through a minimally invasive access in two consecutive patients. The limited access is associated with only a slightly prolonged aortic cross-clamp time. Consequently, a minimal access method does not result in an increased risk for patients.
  Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 07/2009; 9(3):545-6.