Luo Wenzong, Wang Xinxin, Li Jing, Mu Yun, Ni Yiming
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Affiliated Taizhou Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Mar;96(9):e6214. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006214.
Intermittent stuck valve after mechanical valve replacement surgery is a very rare and severe complication.
We present 1 case of a 53-year-old woman after aortic valve replacement for severe aortic valve stenosis combined with hypertrophy septum. She was diagnosed with intermittent stuck valve only 1 day after surgery by clinical symptoms, intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiogram, and intraoperative findings.
Although indications for concomitant myectomy during aortic valve replacement are not clear, we recommend myectomy to prevent stuck valve after St Jude Medical Regent prosthesis replacement for severe aortic valve stenosis combined with hypertrophy septum.