title: Successful treatment of a patient after sudden loss of the disc in a Björk-Shiley convexo-concave mitral prosthesis.
abstract: The patient's survival after minor strut fracture and migration of a Björk-Shiley mitral prosthetic disc is presented. The operation was carried out in two stages: first emergency replacement of the mitral prosthesis and, later, elective removal of the dislocated disc.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation