Native aortic valve thrombosis: a rare cause of acute ischemia of the lower limb.
Spontaneous native aortic valve thrombosis is an uncommon event occurring after heart valve disease, during cardiac catheterization, bacterial endocarditis, or as a hypercoagulative state as in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. We report the case of a 55-year-old woman in whom thrombi developed on a native aortic valve with no predisposing cause. The thrombi were responsible for recurrent lower limb ischemia. Eighteen months after aortic valve replacement, the patient is doing well.
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Clinique Saint-Augustin, Avenue d'Arès, 33074 Bordeaux, France. lesbarandon@wanadoo.fr
Laurent
L
Barandon
Philippe
P
Clerc
Christophe
C
Chauvel
Philippe
P
Plagnol