title: Disc embolization from a Beall mitral valve prosthesis.
abstract: Although embolization of the disc from a Beall valve is rare, several reports in the literature have identified patients suffering this complication. This report details the clinical and radiologic course of a patient with an embolized disc from a Model 103 Beall mitral valve prosthesis. The patient lived approximately 39 hours without the disc prior to surgical correction. Depending on the cardiac reserve and the amount of pannus formation, patients may live long enough to allow surgical correction of this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013997:Time Factors