Successful Replacement of a Thrombosed Björk-Shiley Mitral Valve Prosthesis

Itsuo KATO; Nobuyuki KAIHOTSU; Tomonori SUGIMOTO; Yuzo KOIDE; Yoshikazu SAKAKI; Kazuyoshi KUROKAMI

doi:10.1536/ihj.17.791

Itsuo KATO, Nobuyuki KAIHOTSU, Tomonori SUGIMOTO, Yuzo KOIDE, Yoshikazu SAKAKI, Kazuyoshi KUROKAMI

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Keywords: Echocardiography, Phonocardiography, Anticoagulant therapy, Dipyridamole, Urokinase

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1976 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 791-797

DOI https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.17.791

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Abstract

A case is presented in which 7 months after the first mitral valve replacement (MVR) the malfunction of a Björk-Shiley valve prosthesis was supposed and the thrombosed valve prosthesis was 2 months later successfully replaced. For the detection of the malfunction of the valve prosthesis echocardiography was especially useful.

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