Two cases of acute bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis immediately after mitral valve replacement

Circulation. 2014 Feb 11;129(6):e328-30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005583.

Authors

Nobuyuki Kagiyama¹, Hiroyuki Okura, Shintaro Nezuo, Takahiro Kawamoto, Takashi Murakami, Yuji Hashimoto, Kazuo Tanemoto, Kiyoshi Yoshida

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology (N.K., H.O., S.N., T.K., K.Y.) and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (K.T.), Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan; and Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (T.M.) and Cardiology (Y.H.), Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan.

PMID: 24515960
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005583

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Bioprosthesis / adverse effects
Echocardiography*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Thrombosis / drug therapy
Thrombosis / etiology*

Substances

Anticoagulants