A rare case of suture material obstructing the closure mechanism of a prosthetic aortic valve: a case report

Prosthetic aortic valve dysfunction presenting as aortic regurgitation is a complication of mechanical valve replacement. We describe a case of late valve dysfunction caused by an annular suture of excessive length obstructing the closure mechanism of a bileaflet prosthetic valve. We present this ra...

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Autores principales: Kidher, Emaddin S, Perera, Ryan, Rao, Christopher, Rehman, Syed M, Sutaria, Nilesh, Athanasiou, Thanos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9126

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9126

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