Survival despite almost complete occlusion by chronic thrombosis of a Björk-Shiley mitral prosthesis.
J Heart Valve Dis
; 4(1): 103-5, 1995 Jan.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7742980
ABSTRACT
We report a patient who was successfully reoperated because of almost complete thrombosis of a Björk-Shiley tilting disc mitral prosthesis. Considering the usually acute presentation and the frequently catastrophic consequences of most similar cases in the literature, the unusual feature of this case is that the patient survived until reoperation with minimal symptoms despite almost total prosthetic occlusion by a chronic thrombus.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Thrombosis
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Heart Valve Prosthesis
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Heart Valve Diseases
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Mitral Valve
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Heart Valve Dis
Journal subject:
CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
1995
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy