Mitral Regurgitation Exacerbation Due to Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement.

We report a patient with severe aortic stenosis who received a Perceval sutureless AVR (LivaNova, London, United Kingdom), resulting in a competent prosthesis with an absence of paravalvular leak and aortic regurgitation. However, this implantation resulted in the exacerbation of mitral regurgitation. The sutureless valve required explantation, and a traditional sutured valve was subsequently implanted, which returned the mitral regurgitation to baseline. We discuss a potential etiology of this sutureless AVR-specific complication. PMID: 29455818 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research