This case report describes the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic valve regurgitation caused by radiotherapy-induced leaflet retraction.
A 66-year-old woman, with a history of mediastinal radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma, presented with exertional breathlessness and was diagnosed with severe aortic valve regurgitation on echocardiography (panel A). The regurgitation was likely due to radiotherapy-induced retraction of her aortic valve leaflets without valve-ring dilatation. She had previously sustained radiotherapy-induced ostial occlusions of her left anterior descending and right coronary arteries, but …
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