Karangelis D, Fragoulis S, Bairaktaris A
First Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
First Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
Perfusion. 2015 May;30(4):345-8. doi: 10.1177/0267659114554328. Epub 2014 Oct 6.
We report an unusual case of a 78-year-old male who underwent an aortic valve replacement with a 21 mm Labcor tissue porcine aortic valve due to symptomatic aortic stenosis of his native valve. Only 3 months after an uncomplicated postoperative course, on a routine follow-up, transthoracic echo showed restrictive motion of the non-coronary cusp, incomplete closure of the coaptation line and severe aortic regurgitation. The patient was scheduled for a new operation during which the previous prosthetic valve was explanted and a different model was used.
