Retrieval of a leaflet escaped in a Tri-technologies bileaflet mechanical prosthetic valve

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-68

  Cianciulli, Tomás F ^a,c   Lax, Jorge A ^a   Saccheri, María C ^a,c   Guidoin, Robert ^b   Salvado, César M ^a   Fernández, Adrián J ^a   Prezioso, Horacio A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Author keywords

Acute prosthetic valve dysfunction; Computed tomography; Embolization; Leaflet escape; Tri technologies; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA WALL; AORTOTOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS LEAFLET ESCAPE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 43449139994     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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