Intermittent acute aortic valve regurgitation: a case report of a prosthetic valve dysfunction

Abstract Complications of any mechanical prosthesis include thrombus or pannus formation. In our case report we demonstrate that prosthetic aortic valve regurgitation due to pannus formation may be intermittent and non-cyclic in pattern and therefore not obvious at the time of original clinical exam...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of echocardiography 2008-03, Vol.9 (2), p.291-293
Hauptverfasser:	Karagiannis, Stefanos E., Karatasakis, G., Spargias, K., Louka, L., Poldermans, D., Cokkinos, D.V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Aortic Valve Insufficiency - diagnosis Aortic Valve Insufficiency - etiology Aortic Valve Insufficiency - surgery Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery Coronary Angiography Echocardiography, Transesophageal Electrocardiography Fluoroscopy Heart Valve Prosthesis - adverse effects Humans Male Prosthesis Failure
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