Early surgical aortic bioprosthesis failure caused by cusp tear: A word of caution.
Thibault SchaefferDenis BerdajsOliver ReuthebuchPublished in: Clinical case reports (2020)
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.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic stenosis
- aortic dissection
- minimally invasive
- liver failure
- left ventricular
- coronary artery bypass
- pulmonary artery
- respiratory failure
- drug induced
- heart failure
- pulmonary hypertension
- intensive care unit
- hepatitis b virus
- percutaneous coronary intervention