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PUBLISHED: Combined Replacement of Aortic Valve and Ascending Aorta with Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure

Combined Replacement of Aortic Valve and Ascending Aorta with Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure
David W. Miranda, MD, MSJordan P. Bloom, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital

Aortic valve disease in adults has many etiologies and requires careful operative planning when severe enough to require intervention. A common cause of aortic valve dysfunction in adults is a congenitally bicuspid valve that may also be associated with aortic aneurysm. Here, we describe the presentation and management of a middle-aged woman with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis due to a bicuspid aortic valve. She required an aortic valve replacement as well as replacement of an aneurysmal ascending aorta and closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO).