Abstract
We experienced a rare cause of aortic bioprosthesis deterioration in which one of the leaflets disappeared 8.7 years after primary aortic valve replacement (AVR) in a male octogenarian. Successful redo AVR with a 23-mm Magna EASE (Carpentier-Edwards, Irvine, CA) was performed. No embolic complications occurred. We were unable to identify the cause of this devastating complication. When heart failure symptoms develop in patients with bioprostheses, clinicians should therefore consider a diagnosis of acute progression of structural valve deterioration and follow the patient carefully with echocardiography.
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