Obstructive Thrombosis of a Mitral Valve Prosthesis and Live Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography

Authors

  • Elektra Papadopoulou Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
  • Petros Nihoyannopoulos Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v5i1%20Sup.353

Abstract

A 67-year-old woman with a bileaflet mitral valve prosthesis since 2007 due to mitral stenosis and chronic atrial fibrillation was admitted because of severe shortness of breath and diarrhea. She had been discharged from the hospital one week earlier on clarithromycin due to lower respiratory tract infection. She gave a history of increasing shortness of breath on exertion ever since, with the recent addition of diarrhea over the last 24 hours. Her past medical history includes previous ischemic stroke in 2004... (excerpt)

Author Biography

Elektra Papadopoulou, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Specialty: Cardiology

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Vol. 5 No. 1 Sup (2010)

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Athens Cardiology Update 2010

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