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Death by embolization of prosthetic aortic valve
R L O'Halloran1, J G Prichard, E R Leibovitch
1Office of the Medical Examiner, Ventura County, CA.
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
This report describes a case in which a young woman died from embolization of her prosthetic aortic valve. The discussion includes the embolization's association with chronic intravenous narcotism, recurrent bacterial endocarditis, and acute cocaine toxicity.