Reoperation for failure of freestyle bioprosthesis using an Edwards intuity valve.

Gariboldi, Vlad; Grisoli, Dominique; Devin, Antoine; Nee, Laeticia; Theron, Alexis; Hubert, Sandrine; Jaussaud, Nicolas; Morera, Pierre et al. · Ann Thorac Surg · 2013

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the first case of a successful implantation of the new Edwards Intuity rapid-deployment bioprosthesis in a 50-year-old man with acute failure of a Freestyle Medtronic root with severe aortic regurgitation and massive calcification of the root and both coronary buttons.

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