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Rupture of equine pericardial aortic-root patch after aortic valve replacement with aortic annulus enlargement: a case report

There are no previous reports of rupture of a heterologous pericardial patch after aortic annulus enlargement. Our patient, a 72-year-old Japanese female, presented with congestive heart failure resulting from heart compression from pseudoaneurysm formation in the aortic root. At 57 years of age the...

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Autores principales: Morisaki, Akimasa, Kato, Yasuyuki, Motoki, Manabu, Takahashi, Yosuke, Nishimura, Shinsuke, Shibata, Toshihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4076059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24947732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-109