Observe the Unexpected: A Strange History of Bioprosthesis in a Patient in Dialytic Treatment

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Andrea Mazza Piergiorgio Bruno Mauro Iafrancesco Federico Cammertoni Giovanni Chiariello Niccoló Del Zanna Natalia Pavone Massimo Massetti

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Andrea Mazza
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

A B S T R A C T

A 73-year-old male with a history of right nephrectomy due to cancer in 1996 was referred to our hospital for dyspnea and acute chest pain. In May 2007, the Shelhigh® No-React® valved bioconduit was implanted using the Bentall-De Bono procedure due to the finding of severe aortic valve insufficiency and acute type A aortic dissection. Nine months after discharge, he was placed on chronic renal dialysis. The patient’s condition was followed carefully after being placed on dialysis, and now, thirteen years later the implanted aortic valve is still moving freely without signs of calcification.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Fri 22, Jan 2021
Accepted: Mon 08, Feb 2021
Published: Tue 23, Feb 2021

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© 2023 Andrea Mazza. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.02.14