Abstract
A 50-years-old male patient, hypertensive, on renal dialysis and with secondary hyperparathyroidism, underwent aortic valve replacement with a #23 mm Sorin bileaflet mechanical prosthesis. Three months later he had a redo operation to fix a perivalvular leak. There was no evidence of infection. A year later he was referred to us with an asymptomatic par aortic mass in a CT Thorax.
Highlights
A 50-years-old male patient, hypertensive, on renal dialysis and with secondary hyperparathyroidism, underwent aortic valve replacement with a #23 mm Sorin bileaflet mechanical prosthesis
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*Corresponding author: E Andreas Agathos, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Euroclinic of Athens, Athanassiadou 7-9, 115 21 Athens, Greece, Tel: 30-2106801237
Summary
A 50-years-old male patient, hypertensive, on renal dialysis and with secondary hyperparathyroidism, underwent aortic valve replacement with a #23 mm Sorin bileaflet mechanical prosthesis. E Andreas Agathos, MD, PhD1*, George Anastasiadis, MD1 and Angeliki Saridaki, MD2
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