Disc impediment in medtronic-Hall aortic valve prosthesis followed by successful reoperation

Medicina (Kaunas). 2012;48(12):622-6.

Abstract

This case report describes the diagnostic and treatment challenges of the combined disc impediment caused by pannus ingrowth in combination with thrombus formation in a 21-mm Medtronic-Hall aortic valve prosthesis. A combined obstruction of a Medtronic-Hall prosthesis in the aortic position is a rare, but potentially fatal clinical condition for the first time reported in Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos. Despite the difficulties in determining a correct diagnosis, our critically ill patient was clinically stabilized by partially successful thrombolysis and then successfully treated by a surgical thrombectomy together with pannus excision during the rotation of the disc within the valve housing 3 years after the valve implantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Reoperation
  • Thrombectomy
  • Thrombosis / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome