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Embolization of a prosthetic mitral valve leaflet: localization with intravascular US
S F Miller1, T C McCowan, J F Eidt
1Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
The authors describe a case in which a leaflet from a mitral valve prosthesis embolized to the right external iliac artery. Intravascular ultrasound proved useful in locating the valve fragment prior to and during surgery, allowing for its removal.