Acute prosthetic mitral valve dysfunction due to non-traumatic fracture of prosthesis

Eur Heart J. 2019 Feb 1;40(5):494. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy580.

Authors

Su Yeon Lee¹, Eun Kyoung Kim¹, Taek Kyu Park¹, Dong Seop Jeong²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 30239660
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy580

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dyspnea / etiology
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Fluoroscopy
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Prosthesis Failure / adverse effects*