Key result
Large Sorin Solo stentless aortic valve fails due to early calcification at 18 months.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a potential risk of early calcification and malfunction in large Sorin Solo stentless aortic valves.
Warrants vigilance for early failure with large Sorin Solo valves; hypothesis-generating and does not support practice change.
Since their introduction in 1990, modern stentless aortic prostheses have by now obtained wide acceptance in the treatment of aortic valve disease. Despite the favourable results of using different techniques, concerns still remain about the durability of this device, especially regarding mineralisation. We present the first report, to our knowledge, of an early and unexpected malfunction of a large Sorin Solo stentless valve due to calcification only 18 months after implantation.
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Caprili et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Aortic valve disease (n=1). Sorin Solo stentless valve was evaluated on Valve malfunction due to calcification. A large Sorin Solo stentless aortic valve experienced early and unexpected malfunction due to calcification only 18 months after implantation.
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