January 21st, 2014
Dangerous Rapid Calcification Observed In Pediatric Patients After Aortic Valve Replacement
Larry Husten, PHD
Pediatric cardiac surgeons at Boston Children’s Hospital are warning the medical community about a potentially fatal problem in children and young adults who received a bioprosthetic valve manufactured by Sorin. The surgeons initially became concerned when a young, asymptomatic patient died suddenly after her valve underwent rapid calcification, only 7 months after a routine follow-up echocardiogram found […]