title: Suture loop restriction of the medtronic hall valve: late presentation of a rare complication.
abstract: Restriction of movement of the occluder of a single disc prosthetic valve is a serious and potentially fatal complication. We present a case in which the movement of the disc of a Medtronic Hall aortic valve was restricted by a loop of aortotomy closing suture inadvertently passed around the central guide of the valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rooney
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Breckenridge
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013537:Sutures