title: Huge pannus formation on a mechanical bileaflet mitral valve prosthesis 23 years after a third operation on the mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Center of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. thomas.strecker@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strecker
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weyand
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agaimy
mesh_terms: D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation
keywords: Cardiac surgery; Imaging; Mitral valve; Pannus; Pathology; Reoperation