[Intermittent diastolic dysfunction of a mechanical aortic prosthesis: a clinical case].
We describe the case of a 48 year-old man whose Sorin bileaflet aortic prosthesis presented persistent systolic and intermittent diastolic failure due to fibrous tissue overgrowth in the left ventricular outflow tract.
Pinneri
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Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civico, Corso Galileo Ferraris, 3 10134 Chivasso, TO.
De Felice
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Gostoli
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E
Garzaro
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Mazza
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A
Borello
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D001021:Aortic Valve; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure