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Huge Left Atrial Thrombus and Valve Degeneration in a Patient with a Bioprosthetic, Porcine, Mitral Valve

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Mayer Ballas

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Zelma Wessely

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Olga Zoneraich

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Joshua Greenspan

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Fred Rosner

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

A 43 year old man with a Hancock porcine bioprosthetic valve in the mitral position developed a huge thombus filling the entire left atrium and chronic degeneration of the bioprosthetic mitral valve. The effective valve orifice was less than 2 mm. These severe findings leading to the patient's death remained undetected while he was alive. This case illustrates the great need for a serial phonoechocardiographic studies in all patients with prosthetic valves.

Angiology, Vol. 36, No. 2, 120-124 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978503600209


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