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SUBMITTER: Doshi SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7984999 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Doshi Sagar N SN Nadir Adnan A Moody William W Townend Jonathan N JN
CJC open 20201117 3
Little is known about the presentation of structural valve degeneration complicating transcatheter heart valves (THVs). We report a case of acute heart failure, secondary to leaflet prolapse, in a previously well 77-year-old man, 7.5 years after successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a 26-mm balloon-expandable Sapien XT (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) THV. This case highlights that structural valve degeneration complicating THVs might lead to acute presentation with little war ...[more]