[Stuck valve detected during aortic valve replacement; report of a case]

Kyobu Geka. 2014 Nov;67(12):1099-102.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged