title: Aortic valve thrombus presenting as a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.
abstract: Thrombosis of prosthetic heart valves is well known; however it rarely occurs on native heart valves. To our knowledge there are no reports of native aortic valve thrombus in the absence of blood dyscrasia or prior valve pathology. We describe a patient who presented with a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) caused by a large aortic valve thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. jonescha@piratemail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: Charles Bradley
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Draughn
authors.forename: Abdel-Mohsen
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nomeir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed