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Severe, transient aortic insufficiency after bovine pericardial aortic valve replacement: a cautionary note
Thomas J Vander Salm1, Ann J Toran, Wilfred Lewis
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, USA. tvandersalm@partners.org
Abstract:
Three patients demonstrated severe, central aortic insufficiency noted immediately upon removal of the aortic cross clamp after aortic valve replacement with a bovine pericardial Edwards Magna valve. After maintaining left ventricular decompression, the aortic insufficiency resolved in less than 1 hour. Knowledge of this phenomenon will prevent unnecessary prosthetic valve explantation and re-replacement.
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