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Full-root Aortic Valve Replacement by Stentless Aortic Xenografts in Patients with Small Aortic Roots
Published on: May 21, 2017
Early stenosis of stentless aortic valve prosthesis: a word of caution
Adil H Al Kindi1, Alice Le Huu, Dominique Shum-Tim
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract:
Early stenosis of stentless bioprosthetic valves is rarely reported. In this report, we discuss a 75-year-old woman who presented with signs of congestive heart failure 5 months after a stentless aortic valve replacement, complicated by postoperative heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Intraoperative findings were highly unusual, consisting of a fibrous band in the subvalvular apparatus linking the interventricular septum to the free wall of the left ventricle, resulting in significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The possible causes of the fibrous band are discussed.
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