II-31 Early complications of valve replacement

Long-term complications of valve replacement.

Recurrent syncope 31 years after mitral valve replacement.

A 43-year—old man was admitted to the coronary care unit because of recurrent syncope. His medical history included pulmonic valve angioplasty at age 9 years, mechanical mitral valve replacement because of severe mitral regur-gitation caused by congenital atrioventricular canal, and pacemaker implantation because of complete atrioventricular block. On admission he was orthopneic, his blood pres...

Aortic valve replacement and mitral valve repair as treatment of complications after percutaneous core valve implantation.

CLINICAL SUMMARY We describe the case of a 66-year-old man who had surgical intervention for a core valve malfunction 3 months after transfemoral implantation. The patient was scheduled for percutaneous aortic valve implantation (PAVI) because of the presence of numerous risk factors, such as obesity (body mass index, 35%) and myelodysplasia. The main concern about elective standard aortic valv...

Transesophageal echocardiographic imaging of multiple complications following mitral valve replacement

UNLABELLED We present a case of mitral valve (MV) replacement that resulted in multiple complications, as diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), including left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, aortic dissection and left ventricular rupture. We also describe that identification of bleeding originating from the posterior aspect of the heart by the surgical team should trigger ...

Aortic valve replacement in octogenarians: outcome and predictors of complications.

INTRODUCTION We aimed to evaluate the outcome in octogenarians after aortic valve replacement (AVR) and to determine the perioperative parameters that were predictive of a complicated postoperative course. METHODS The study population included 304 patients (65% male) aged 82.7 ± 3.5 years who underwent AVR alone (63%), in combination with coronary artery bypass grafting (28%) or with other pr...