Change in Character of Mitral Prosthesis Regurgitant Murmur With Bundle-Branch Block

Autor: Elizabeth W. Ryan, Elyse Foster
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Circulation. 103:1715-1716
ISSN: 1524-4539
0009-7322
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.103.12.1715
Popis: This 75-year-old woman, in whom a Carpentier Edwards porcine mitral valve prosthesis (No. 29) had been implanted in 1990, presented with episodic breathlessness and dizziness. Examination revealed an apical pansystolic murmur with a frequent but intermittent loud musical “honking” character. The patient was in sinus rhythm, 68 to 74 bpm, with alternating runs of narrow QRS and bundle-branch block. The amplified, honking quality was observed intermittently only during …
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