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.

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*