[A case report of successful emergency re-AVR for structural failure of a Hall-Kaster prosthesis]

Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1990 Dec;38(12):2455-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A rare case of Hall-Kaster prosthetic valve dysfunction was reported. The patient was admitted with acute cardiac failure. She had previously received aortic valve replacement (AVR) using 23A Hall-Kaster prosthesis. Prosthetic valve dysfunction was diagnosed by both cinefluoroscopy and echocardiography. Emergent re-AVR was carried out and dislodgement of the pivot was revealed. Postoperative course was uneventful. Reports of structural failure of the Hall-Kaster (Medtronic-Hall) prosthesis are extremely rare. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of dislodgement of the disc from the pivot of the Hall-Kaster prosthesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Emergencies
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Reoperation