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case_images: Computed tomography of the chest on admittance.
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case_images: C, white blood count was 9.4 x 109/L (reference level < 8.3), procalcitonin was 0.33 microg/L (reference level < 0.5), and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide was 7220 (reference level < 194). Computed tomography of the chest showed ground-glass opacities and consolidation most pronounced in the right lung but no pulmonary emboli (Figure 1).
case_images: Transesophageal echocardiography showing diastolic transvalvular aortic regurgitation in (a) low angle, (b) high angle views.
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case_images: Echocardiography performed after 2 days showed 3.4 m/s systolic velocity across the aortic bioprosthesis and significant eccentric diastolic transvalvular regurgitation (Figure 2(a) and (b)).
case_images: Operative finding of a pericardial cusp torn from the stent.
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case_images: An urgent reoperation was performed and disclosed that one the pericardial cusps was torn from the top of the commissure of the stent between the left and noncoronary sinus to the nadir of the cusp (Figure 3).