Medtronic received information via literature review that three years following implantation of a 27-mm bioprosthetic valve (serial not reported), a (b)(6) female patient presented with decompensated heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation.At reoperation, the valve was noted as calcified with a tear in one leaflet.No additional adverse patient effects were reported.No further details were provided.
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(b)(4).Title: early bioprosthetic valve failure: a pictorial review of rare causes authors: paul c.Cremer, md, l.Leonardo rodriguez, md, brian p.Griffin, md, carmela tan, md, rene rodriguez, md, douglas r.Johnston, md, gosta b.Pettersson, md, venu menon, md citation: jacc: cardiovascular imaging, volume 8, issue 6, june 2015, pages 737¿740.(b)(4).
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