Mechanical Mitral Valve Thrombosis in a Patient With Prior Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis

Mechanical Mitral Valve Thrombosis in a Patient With Prior Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis

A 54-year-old woman with a mechanical mitral valve replacement presented with recurrent admissions for pneumonia and pulmonary edema. Multimodality imaging revealed mobile masses on the prosthesis and discrepant point of care and inpatient international normalized ratio levels owing to antiphospholi...

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Main Authors: Kalyan R. Chitturi, DO, Miguel A. Castro, MD, Eric Salazar, MD, Michael Deavers, MD, Su Min Chang, MD, John J. Mahmarian, MD, Karla M. Kurrelmeyer, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
antiphospholipid syndrome
antithrombotic therapies
mitral valve disease
nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
prosthetic valve thrombosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920301492

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