Surgical retrieval of a degenerated Sapien 3 valve after 29 months

Pietro Giorgio Malvindi; Carmine Carbone; Cataldo Labriola; Domenico Paparella

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivx057

Surgical retrieval of a degenerated Sapien 3 valve after 29 months

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Jul 1;25(1):155-156. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx057.

Authors

Pietro Giorgio Malvindi¹, Carmine Carbone¹, Cataldo Labriola¹, Domenico Paparella^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, GVM Care and Research, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.
² Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

PMID: 28379465
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivx057

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.

Keywords: Aortic valve; Heart valve; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Bioprosthesis
Device Removal / methods*
Echocardiography
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / adverse effects*