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Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement from Autologous Pericardium with a Self-Expandable Nitinol Stent in an Adult Sheep Model
Published on: June 8, 2022
Triple valve replacement with Carpentier-Edwards bioprostheses
Soma Guhathakurta1, Kotturathu M Cherian
1Unit of Frontier Life Line, International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, India.
Abstract:
We report a unique case of triple valve replacement with porcine bioprostheses in a young woman who remained asymptomatic 15 years later. Although in atrial fibrillation, she was taking only aspirin for anticoagulation until she delivered a normal child 2 years after surgery. Surprisingly, to date, her echocardiographic findings have remained the same as those after childbirth, and all the bioprostheses were functioning well, except for tricuspid annular calcification producing mild to moderate regurgitation.
