[Early thrombosis of aortic porcine bioprosthesis].
A case of thrombosis on an aortic bioprosthesis after the fourth month of implantation is presented. The patient had been well anticoagulated for the first three months after surgery. A suspicious diagnosis was made when the patient started with symptoms of cardiac failure and angina and an Echo-Doppler showed a significant transvalvular gradient. The definitive diagnosis will be determined with the removal of the valve at surgery. Although this is a rarity as an early complication, it should be kept in mind in such cases. Surgical intervention is mandatory and life-saving.
Gutiérrez Morlote
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Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander.
Obieta Fresnedo
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Carrión Alvarez
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San José Garagarza
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JM
Cabrera Pozuelo
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D000368:Aged; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors