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SUBMITTER: Ihdayhid AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8302774 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ihdayhid Abdul Rahman AR Sathananthan Janarthanan J Brown Richard R Blanke Philipp P Webb John G JG
JACC. Case reports 20210210 4
A 79-year-old woman was treated with a 23-mm balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valve (THV) that was initially complicated by an embolized THV requiring deployment in the descending aorta. She presented 13-years later with a degenerated bioprosthesis requiring redo THV. Pre-procedural computed tomography was important in highlighting underexpansion of the initial THV and open leaflets in the embolized valve. (<b>Level of Difficulty: Advanced.</b>). ...[more]