Delayed Metallic Embolization of a Cor-Knot Fastener

Background  The Cor-Knot device is a titanium fastener which is widely used in cardiac valve procedures. Adverse events associated with use of the device have been rare. Case Description  A patient underwent robotic mitral valve repair using the Cor-Knot fastener. Five years later, he suffered a cer...

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Autor principal: Garrett, H. Edward
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5742543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29302408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1612613
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description Background  The Cor-Knot device is a titanium fastener which is widely used in cardiac valve procedures. Adverse events associated with use of the device have been rare. Case Description  A patient underwent robotic mitral valve repair using the Cor-Knot fastener. Five years later, he suffered a cerebral vascular accident secondary to embolization of a metallic foreign body. He had had no other medical procedures which could account for a source of metallic embolization. Conclusion  Long-term surveillance after use of the Cor-Knot fastener is limited. Metallic embolization may be possible with this device and warrants awareness within the medical community.
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spelling pubmed-57425432018-01-04 Delayed Metallic Embolization of a Cor-Knot Fastener Garrett, H. Edward Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep Background  The Cor-Knot device is a titanium fastener which is widely used in cardiac valve procedures. Adverse events associated with use of the device have been rare. Case Description  A patient underwent robotic mitral valve repair using the Cor-Knot fastener. Five years later, he suffered a cerebral vascular accident secondary to embolization of a metallic foreign body. He had had no other medical procedures which could account for a source of metallic embolization. Conclusion  Long-term surveillance after use of the Cor-Knot fastener is limited. Metallic embolization may be possible with this device and warrants awareness within the medical community. Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-01 2017-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5742543/ /pubmed/29302408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1612613 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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