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Persistent cardiac failure after mitral valve replacement due to free‐floating intracardiac thrombus formation
Author(s) -
Hedenmark J.,
Dubiel T. W.,
Landelius J.,
Lidell C.,
Nyström S. O.,
Tydén H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1987.tb02641.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , mitral valve replacement , thrombus , cardiology , mitral valve , surgery
A case of free‐floating left atrial‐ventricular thrombus early after mitral valve replacement (Carpentier‐Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis) is presented. Successful surgical removal was performed. The diagnostic and therapeutic efforts are discussed.