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Suture loop restriction of the medtronic hall valve: late presentation of a rare complication
J Kuo1, S Rooney, I M Breckenridge
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Restriction of movement of the occluder of a single disc prosthetic valve is a serious and potentially fatal complication. We present a case in which the movement of the disc of a Medtronic Hall aortic valve was restricted by a loop of aortotomy closing suture inadvertently passed around the central guide of the valve.
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