Extensive multifocal myocardial infarcts from cloth emboli after replacement of mitral and aortic valves with cloth-covered, caged-ball prostheses.
Pathology Branche, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
A L
AL
Dollar
M L
ML
Pierre-Louis
C L
CL
McIntosh
W C
WC
Roberts
D001021:Aortic Valve; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011474:Prosthesis Design