An unusual complication associated with the Carpentier-Edwards porcine bioprosthesis.
Primary tissue failure of bioprosthetic heart valves refers primarily to calcification of the leaflets of the bioprosthesis. A 75 year old patient underwent reoperation 15 years after mitral valve replacement with a Carpentier-Edwards porcine bioprosthesis. The extracted bioprosthetic valve was found to have one prolapsed leaflet and a small amount of calcification on all three leaflets without tear or perforation. The two commissures suspending the prolapsed leaflet were detached, causing mitral valve regurgitation.
Misawa
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical School Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Oki
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Tezuka
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Fuse
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors