Early stenotic prosthesis failure after implantation of a stentless porcine aortic valve prosthesis

Abstract

Stentless biological aortic prostheses are used routinely in aortic valve replacement surgery, offering beneficial hemodynamics compared to stented biological valves of similar size. We report here a rare case of early stenotic prosthesis failure of a RootElan stentless porcine aortic valve prosthesis due to swelling at the bottom of the right coronary cusp of the prosthesis. © 2011 Published by European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.