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SUBMITTER: Singh M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7195570 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Maninder M Reitknecht Felice F Rogers Guy G Kaluski Edo E
Journal of cardiology cases 20200219 5
We describe a successful bioprosthetic annular stretching in a patient with severe prosthetic aortic valve stenosis from a degenerated 19-mm Mitroflow valve (Sorin Group USA Inc, Arvada, CO, USA). This technique allowed for implantation of a 23-mm Evolut-R Pro valve (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) with significant improvement in hemodynamics after prosthetic annular stretching. We have also summarized other case series and case reports which have previously described similar techniques. <<b>Le ...[more]