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Nora Göbel1, Sara Tanriverdi1, Ragi Nagib1
1Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
Abstract:
Cardiogenic shock is a life-threatening condition requiring fast and efficient diagnostic and therapeutic measures. In this case, the history of several cardiac surgeries hindered finding the correct diagnosis initially. After an ultima ratio cardiac redo operation the underlying cause was found intraoperatively: a defective mechanical valve prosthesis with migration of one of the two leaflets. Strikingly, this happened with a contemporary On-X prosthesis only 4 years after implantation. Timely echocardiography is of utmost importance in patients with prosthetic heart valves presenting in heart failure.
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