Percutaneous valve replacement in a young adult for radiation-induced aortic stenosis

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2012 Jun;13(6):397-8. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283517c4a.

Abstract

A 46-year-old woman known with relapsing Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed at age 5, treated with repeated cycles of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, presented with severe symptomatic radiation-induced aortic stenosis. She also had other late sequelae of radiotherapy including thyroid cancer, mediastinal fribrosis and left pulmonary fibrosis with severe restrictive lung disease and a newly diagnosed renal carcinoma. Due to the prohibitively high surgical risk and need for urgent treatment, she underwent successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement with transfemoral implantation of a 23 mm Edwards SAPIEN-XT prosthesis, which was performed without valvuloplasty of the noncalcified fibrotic valve. The final result was excellent with reduction of the transaortic gradient and no residual aortic regurgitation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / radiation effects*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Chemoradiotherapy
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Hodgkin Disease / therapy
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiation Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiation Injuries / etiology
  • Radiation Injuries / surgery*
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed