Aortic valve replacement in a diseased bicuspid valve eleven years after transplantation

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 May;8(5):594-5. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2008.194050. Epub 2009 Feb 17.

Abstract

Cardiac allotransplantation is subject to a number of chronic complications that may limit graft survival. These include allograft coronary artery disease, renal dysfunction, hypertension, and malignancy, which are largely due to the immuno-modulatory and adverse effects of transplant medications. Reoperation for native allograft disease progression is a rarer phenomenon. We report a case of aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis that occurred in a patient more than ten years after cardiac transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Calcinosis / etiology
  • Calcinosis / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Treatment Outcome