Aortic bioprosthetic valve deterioration 8 months after implantation.
One year after aortic bioprosthetic valve replacement with a 23-mm Epic bioprosthesis (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN) with concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting, early valve degeneration with leaflet calcification and stiffening was documented in a 61-year-old man. A possible reason for this extremely early deterioration could not be identified, although a xenograft reaction could be a plausible hypothesis. Consequently, a successful redo aortic valve replacement with a 21-mm Magna Ease (Carpentier-Edwards, Irvine, CA) was performed.
Wiedemann
Dominik
D
University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. dominik.wiedemann@i-med.ac.at
Bonaros
Nikolaos
N
Laufer
Günther
G
Kocher
Alfred
A
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors