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  • Title: An unusual complication associated with the Carpentier-Edwards porcine bioprosthesis.
    Author: Misawa Y, Oki SI, Tezuka Y, Fuse K.
    Journal: ASAIO J; 2001; 47(5):563-4. PubMed ID: 11575838.
    Abstract:
    Primary tissue failure of bioprosthetic heart valves refers primarily to calcification of the leaflets of the bioprosthesis. A 75 year old patient underwent reoperation 15 years after mitral valve replacement with a Carpentier-Edwards porcine bioprosthesis. The extracted bioprosthetic valve was found to have one prolapsed leaflet and a small amount of calcification on all three leaflets without tear or perforation. The two commissures suspending the prolapsed leaflet were detached, causing mitral valve regurgitation.
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