Myocardial infarction secondary to calcific embolization: an unusual complication of bioprosthetic valve degeneration.
A patient with coronary artery embolization of calcific material from a degenerated Ionescu-Shiley bovine pericardial bioprosthesis in the aortic position with resultant acute myocardial infarction is described.
D000368:Aged; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure