title: Surgical retrieval of a degenerated Sapien 3 valve after 29 months.
abstract: A 70-year-old man developed heart failure due to severe mixed disease of a degenerated transcatheter aortic valve prosthesis. The patient underwent retrieval of the transcatheter aortic valve and implantation of a 25-mm bioprosthesis through a redo sternotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, GVM Care and Research, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Pietro Giorgio
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Malvindi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, GVM Care and Research, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, GVM Care and Research, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Cataldo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Labriola
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, GVM Care and Research, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.|Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paparella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Aortic valve; Heart valve; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation