[Clinico-morphological comparisons in thrombosis and insufficiency of mitral valve prosthesis]

Clinical and morphological comparisons were conducted in 31 patients with thrombosis and insufficiency of mitral valve prostheses. The morphology of these complications was studied on the basis of autopsy data in 19 cases, and in 12 reoperations. Prosthetic thrombosis was observed in 18 patients. The leading causes of the functional disorders in the prosthesis were septic complications, persisting hypotension in the early postoperative period, errors of anticoagulation therapy. The clinical manifestations of thrombosis of a prosthesis depend on the extent and localization of the thrombus. An important role in the diagnosis of such complications belongs to a dynamic observation, especially to repeated phonocardiographic examinations. A phonocardiographic semiotics of the complications is presented. The results of reoperations for thrombosis of a mitral valve prosthesis and its insufficiency are also presented. The rationale of secondary interventions is demonstrated.