Prosthetic aortic valve: A bone in the system

We report a case of a 73-year-old female patient admitted to the surgical department for a splenic abscess. She had a history of a mechanical aortic valve implanted two years earlier. During the diagnostic work-up, the patient underwent a transesophageal echocardiogram that revealed the presence of...

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Main Authors: Vitor Hugo Pereira, Joana Guardado, Marina Fernandes, Mário Lourenço, Inocência Machado, Isabel Quelhas, Olga Azevedo, António Lourenço
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204915000355