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Thibault Schaeffer1, Denis Berdajs1, Oliver Reuthebuch1
1Department of cardiac surgery University Hospital of Basel Basel Switzerland.
Clinical Case Reports
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Cusp tear is an increasingly described mode of failure of the Trifecta aortic bioprosthesis. Acute aortic regurgitation after implantation of a Trifecta in absence of endocarditis should suggest a cusp tear and be promptly treated with redo surgery.

