Key result
Echocardiography successfully guided the diagnosis and surgical management of early structural valve degeneration of transcatheter valves in a 38-year-old female.
Why the study?
Structural valve degeneration occurs in transcatheter valves as well as surgical bioprosthetic valves, highlighting the need to understand the role of echocardiography in its early detection and management.
Case Report (n=1)
Echocardiography plays a pivotal role in the early detection and management of structural valve degeneration in transcatheter valves.
Transcatheter valve implantation in patients with aortic stenosis has evolved as an acceptable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in a subset of patients at excessively high risk from surgery. The structural valve degeneration (SVD) is a known phenomenon in catheter-based valves too, which was hitherto seen with surgical bioprosthetic valves. Echocardiography plays a pivotal role not only in early detection but also in the management of SVD of Transcatheter valves. The goal of this report is to agglomerate our experience of an unusual case of SVD of a catheter-based valve implanted inside the bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valve apparatus and its management with aortic and mitral valve replacement with mechanical valve prosthesis.
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A 2022 study conducted a case report in Structural valve degeneration of transcatheter valves (n=1). Echocardiography was evaluated. Echocardiography successfully guided the diagnosis and surgical management of early structural valve degeneration of transcatheter valves in a 38-year-old female.
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