Recurrent pulmonary edema in a patient with a prosthetic mitral valve.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.038.
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Abstract
Prosthetic heart valve obstruction is a severe and potentially fatal complication. We present a patient with a Bjork-Shiley prosthetic mitral and aortic valve implantation and recurrent pulmonary edema. Echocardiogram showed a rate-dependent "obstruction alternans" of the prosthetic mitral valve due to pannus formation.
Medical subject headings
- Fibrin
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Mitral Valve
- Postoperative Complications
- Prosthesis Failure
- Pulmonary Edema
- Thrombosis