Persistent cardiac failure after mitral valve replacement due to free-floating intracardiac thrombus formation. Case report.
A case of free-floating left atrial-ventricular thrombus early after mitral valve replacement (Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis) is presented. Successful surgical removal was performed. The diagnostic and therapeutic efforts are discussed.
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
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J
Hedenmark
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TW
Dubiel
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J
Landelius
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C
Lidell
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SO
Nyström
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H
Tydén
D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D000925:Anticoagulants