[Echocardiographic diagnosis of thrombus on a Hancock bioprosthesis in mitral position following endocarditis (author's transl)].
Acute stenosis of a Hancock bioprosthesis in mitral position was found eight months after surgery and three months following septic periproctitic abscess in a 59 year old woman. Echocardiography revealed almost complete valve obstruction by thrombus formation: unusual dense and inhomogenous structures between the anterior and posterior stent echos of the prosthesis were seen in systole as well as in diastole. Echocardiography appears to be a useful non-invasive method for detection of the rare thrombotic complications in Hancock bioprostheses.
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications; D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000150:complications; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
Echokardiographische Diagnose einer post-endokarditisch thrombosierten Hancock-Bioprothese in Mitralposition.