PathWays Case Study for April 26
A 90-year-old man with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis underwent elective percutaneous (transcatheter) native aortic valve replacement with a bovine bioprosthetic valve. Immediately following the procedure, the patient became hemodynamically unstable, developed a large femoral hematoma at the site of catheterization, and a large prosthetic valve mass was noted on echocardiogram. Despite supportive measures, the patient continued to deteriorate and expired approximately 12 hours following the procedure. An autopsy was performed.
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Charles Leduc, M.D., C.M.
Resident, Cardiovascular Pathology
Mayo Clinic
Joseph Maleszewski, M.D.
Consultant, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Mayo Clinic
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Associate Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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