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Early structural valve deterioration of balloon expandable transcatheter aortic valve leaflets due to intrinsic and extrinsic nodular calcifications in a haemodialysis patient: a case report.

Kyohei OnishiKazuki MizutaniYu SatoGaku Nakazawa
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2024)
There is a lack of reports on the long-term procedural outcomes of TAVI in haemodialysis patients. The development of SVD in patients undergoing dialysis is multifactorial and has yet to be fully elucidated. In the presented case, the removed TAVI valve had severe extrinsic calcified nodules alongside a fibrin thrombus. Considering these pathological findings, antithrombotic therapy to prevent fibrin thrombus from adhering to the TAVI valve may be important to avoid early SVD.
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