Prosthetic valve obstruction with normal disk motion: usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography to define cause.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
; 12(6): 537-9, 1999 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-10359927
ABSTRACT
We describe a rare case of Björk-Shiley prosthetic valve obstruction with normal motion of the tilting disk. The cause of obstruction was the annular pannus ingrowth and was well defined by transesophageal echocardiography, but not by cardiac catheterization nor cineradiography.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Valva Aórtica
/
Próteses Valvulares Cardíacas
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Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article