Bioprosthetic mitral valve stenosis secondary to hypereosinophilic syndrome

Echocardiography. 2022 Apr;39(4):626-630. doi: 10.1111/echo.15287. Epub 2022 Feb 26.

Abstract

Herein we present a case of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) with recurrent involvement of mitral valve. The patient developed mitral regurgitation secondary to HES. Surgical mitral valve replacement was performed successfully. The prosthetic valve dysfunction occurred 3 years later and echocardiography showed severe mitral valve stenosis. Extensive mural thrombi were discovered on both sides of the stenotic valve with eosinophilic infiltration. The patient underwent a repeated mechanical prosthesis replacement and recovered uneventfully.

Keywords: echocardiography; hypereosinophilic syndrome; mitral valve replacement; thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome* / complications
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / complications
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis* / complications