title: Sudden death from left atrial pressure line wedging into cardiac valve prosthesis: pathologic findings and forensic significance.
abstract: The case of a sudden death from late valve entrapment of a left atrial pressure monitoring line not removed postoperatively is considered from both biomechanical and pathological points of view because of its forensic significance in terms of malpractice liability.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Asicurazioni, Università di Padova, Italy.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bordignon
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Betti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D011475:Prosthesis Failure