title: [Systemic calcific emboli in calcified aortic valve diseases. Apropos of an anatomical case].
abstract: Following the death of a patient with calcific aortic stenosis and complete heart block, five days after surgical replacement of the aortic valve, the autopsy demonstrated multiple calcific emboli in the brain, surrounded by hemorrhagic necrosis. Coronary, renal and splenic emboli were also found. This article discusses the incidence and topographical distribution of these emboli as well as the complications to which they may give rise.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Les embolies calcaires systémiques des valvulopathies aortiques calcifiées. A propos d'une observation anatomique.