Obstructed prosthetic valve thrombosis of a pure carbon bi-leaflet aortic valve

Autor: Shoichiro Yatsu, Tomotaka Dohi, Hirotaka Inaba, Atsushi Amano
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 50(5)
ISSN: 1873-734X
Popis: Obstruction of a prosthetic valve is a severe complication and can result in congestive heart failure or cardiac shock. We present an extremely rare case of obstructed prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis of a pure pyrolytic carbon valve. The patient was successfully treated with complete surgical thrombectomy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE