Survival despite almost complete occlusion by chronic thrombosis of a Björk-Shiley mitral prosthesis

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Case Report | Volume 4 Issue 1 (, 1998) | Pages 103 - 105

Survival despite almost complete occlusion by chronic thrombosis of a Björk-Shiley mitral prosthesis

M Levantino

G Tartarini

C Barzaghi

M Grana

U Bortolotti

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy.

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Jan. 25, 1995

Abstract

We report a patient who was successfully reoperated because of almost complete thrombosis of a Björk-Shiley tilting disc mitral prosthesis. Considering the usually acute presentation and the frequently catastrophic consequences of most similar cases in the literature, the unusual feature of this case is that the patient survived until reoperation with minimal symptoms despite almost total prosthetic occlusion by a chronic thrombus.

How to cite: Levantino, M., Tartarini, G., Barzaghi, C., Grana, M., & Bortolotti, U. (1995). Survival despite almost complete occlusion by chronic thrombosis of a Björk-Shiley mitral prosthesis. The Journal of heart valve disease, 4(1), 103–105.

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