A Mobile Thrombus Adhering to an Intra-Annular Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve

Naoki Nishiura; Yasushi Fuku; Atsushi Sakata; Takeshi Maruo; Kazushige Kadota

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102168

A Mobile Thrombus Adhering to an Intra-Annular Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Dec 16;29(2):102168. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102168. eCollection 2024 Jan 17.

Authors

Naoki Nishiura¹, Yasushi Fuku¹, Atsushi Sakata¹, Takeshi Maruo¹, Kazushige Kadota¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan.

Abstract

An 81-year-old woman who had undergone transcatheter aortic valve implantation 3 months earlier underwent routine follow-up transthoracic echocardiography, which revealed a mobile thrombus adhering to the bioprosthetic valve. This thrombus differed in morphology from transcatheter aortic valve implantation valve thrombi commonly seen in daily practice.

Keywords: aortic stenosis; thrombus; transcatheter aortic valve implantation.