Resistance to Secondary Thrombosis of the On-X Mitral Prosthesis
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Federica Jiritano, Giuseppe F. Serraino, Michele Rossi, Giuseppe Pisano, Attilio Renzulli Cardiac Surgery Unit, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy |
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A 60-year-old man underwent aortic and mitral valve replacement with mechanical On-X prostheses, plus tricuspid annuloplasty ring and maze radiofrequency ablation. Two years later, he was admitted to hospital with severe orthopnea and hemolysis. Echocardiography revealed a blocked prosthetic mitral leaflet due to interference of the preserved subvalvular apparatus. Intraoperatively, one |
leaflet was found to be blocked by the native mitral apparatus, but no thrombus and/or pannus was present. Although, despite an abnormal blood flow, the On-X prosthesis is resistant to secondary thrombosis, even under adverse hemodynamic conditions, interference of the valve with cardiac structures remains a possibility. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2013;22:740-742 |
| Resistance to Secondary Thrombosis of the On-X Mitral Prosthesis | |
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