A 75-Year-Old Man Comes to the Physician for the Evaluation

A 75-year-old man comes to the physician for the evaluation of progressive shortness of breath and fatigue over the past month. He reports that he cannot climb more than one flight of stairs without experiencing shortness of breath and dizziness. He is diagnosed with severe calcific aortic stenosis and undergoes transcatheter aortic valve implantation through femoral access. The following hemodynamic changes are observed: Which of the following complications should be suspected in this patient?

A) Aortic regurgitation
B) Mitral stenosis
C) Prosthetic valve thrombosis
D) Retroperitoneal bleeding
E) Ventricular septal perforation

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