title: Hanging by a thread: Major detachment of an aortic prosthetic valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho and Cardiovascular R&D Unit, Department of Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery of Medical School of Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: jennimancio@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mancio
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pires-Morais
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Lino
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melica
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vasco
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gama Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure