title: [Intermittent diastolic dysfunction of a mechanical aortic prosthesis: a clinical case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civico, Corso Galileo Ferraris, 3 10134 Chivasso, TO.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pinneri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Felice
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gostoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garzaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borello
mesh_terms: 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