title: Thrombosis of a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve in early pregnancy: histopathological findings.
abstract: We present results of the histopathological workup of a prosthetic aortic valve which was explanted from a 31-year-old woman due to valve thrombosis during early pregnancy. Our images demonstrate nicely thrombotic material directly adherent to the pyrolytic carbon surface in a human specimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre, Georg -August -University, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: roman.scheidmann@med.uni-goettingen.de.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scheidmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre, Georg -August -University, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Rudi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Foth
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre, Georg -August -University, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sigler
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Congenital heart disease; Histopathology; Pregnancy; Thrombosis; Valve prosthesis