[Stuck valve detected during aortic valve replacement; report of a case].
Aortic valve replacement, ascending aorta replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting were performed in a 61-year-old woman with aortic stenosis, ascending aortic aneurysm, and angina pectoris. However, immediately after surgery, transient hypotension and pulmonary hypertension repeated every few beats.Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a stuck valve, and reimplantation was carried out. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful. We present a case of successful treatment of valve dysfunction immediately after valve replacement.
Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Yamaguchi Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Yoshikazu
Y
Okazaki
Toshiro
T
Kobayashi
Takeshi
T
Yagi
Mitsutaka
M
Jimbou
Satoshi
S
Saitou
Tsuyoshi
T
Takahashi
Hidenori
H
Gohra
Seiichi
S
Shibasaki
Yuko
Y
Kudo
Naoko
N
Yamauchi
Takashi
T
Tamura
Michio
M
Shigedomi
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged