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Long-term event-free survival with an embolised prosthetic valve leaflet in the thoracic aorta
We report the case of a patient who underwent a redo surgery for a leaflet escape from a Bjork-Shiley tilting disc mitral prosthesis inserted 18 years previously. The escaped disc remained lodged in the thoracic aorta without any complication. She ultimately died of terminal heart failure 13 years a...
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533661/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18513417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-34 |