Assessment of Aortic Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture by Computed Tomography Angiography

A 71-year-old Jehovah ’s witness woman with a past medical history significant for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, breast cancer, aortic stenosis, and coronary artery disease underwent three-vessel coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with a 19 mm Sorin Mitroflow (Sorin Grou p, CO, USA) (True internal diameter 15.4 mm). Severe patient prosthesis mismatch (PPM) (EOAi: 0.30 cm2/m2) was diagnosed shortly after surgery with post-operative mean gradients of 40 mmHg by echocardiography.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Case report Source Type: research