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Starr-Edwards valve thrombosis detected preoperatively by transesophageal echocardiography
S G Pollock1, J M Dent, C L Simek
1Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
A 31-year-old woman developed increasing signs of congestive heart failure 15 years following placement of a mitral Starr-Edwards mechanical valve. A preoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) demonstrated a large, obstructive valvular thrombus and the patient underwent successful reoperative valve replacement.