The perceval S aortic valve implantation in patients with porcelain aorta; is this ideal option?

Abstract

We would like to present in this paper a patient with severe aortic valve stenosis referred to our department for surgical aortic valve replacement. In this patient, it was intraoperatively detected an unexpected heavily calcified porcelain ascending aorta. We present the treatment options in this situation, the difficulties affronted intraoperatively, the significance of the preoperative chest computed tomography scan and the use of the Perceval S aortic valve as ideal bioprosthesis implantation. This is a self-expanding, self-anchoring, and sutureless valve with a wide indication in all patients requiring aortic bioprosthesis.

Keywords

• Aortic valve replacement
• aortic valve stenosis
• perceval
• porcelain aorta
• self-expanding perceval valve
• sutureless aortic valve
• transcatheter valve implantation