Acute early failure of a bioprosthesis after mitral valve replacement with completely preserved annuloventricular continuity |
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Authors: | Toshinori Totsugawa Hidenori Yoshitaka Masahiko Kuinose Yoshimasa Tsushima Atsuhisa Ishida Genta Chikazawa |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Regions Hospital, 640 Jackson St., Mail Stop 11503K, St. Paul, MN 55101, USA;(2) Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Regions Hospital, 640 Jackson St., Mail Stop 11503K, St. Paul, MN 55101, USA |
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Abstract: | We report a case of acute early bioprosthetic failure after mitral valve replacement with completely preserved annuloventricular
continuity. A 77-year-old man with left ventricular dysfunction underwent double valve replacement with Carpentier-Edwards
pericardial bioprostheses. Routine postoperative echocardiography revealed 1.4 cm2 of estimated mitral valve area, and computed tomography revealed a large thrombus in the left atrium. Transesophageal echocardiography
showed a restricted opening of the bioprosthetic leaflets. After a month of strict anticoagulation therapy, cusp mobility
improved, with a calculated mitral valve area of 3.5 cm2; and the left atrial thrombus had almost disappeared 2 months after initiation of therapeutic anticoagulation. Surgeons should
be watchful for bioprosthetic thrombosis in patients with left ventricular dysfunction who undergo mitral valve replacement
with a preserved mitral subvalvular apparatus. |
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