title: Insufficiency of an aortic valve prosthesis due to tissue ingrowth: a case report.
abstract: Tissue ingrowth of a prosthetic heart valve usually leads to a stenosis. We report a rare case of a patient with a fixation of the prosthetic leaflet due to tissue ingrowth. This state caused a total prosthetic insufficiency. The therapy used to treat this prosthetic heart valve with tissue ingrowth is discussed in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany. schristiansen@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fehske
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Autschbach
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome