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SUBMITTER: Sousa AIC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280011 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sousa Alexandra Isabel Coelho AIC Gonçalves Alexandra Maria Gomes Silva AMGS Madureira António José Barbosa Silva AJBS Almeida Jorge Manuel Santos JMS Torres José Manuel Lima Pinheiro JMLP
Journal of cardiology cases 20141018 1
Rupture of the atrioventricular groove is an uncommon but dreaded complication of mitral valve replacement. We present the case of a 74-year-old male submitted to mitral valve surgery, complicated by atrioventricular groove rupture presaged by the excessive rocking movement of the prosthesis seen in the pre-discharge transthoracic echocardiogram. <<b>Learning objective:</b> Valvular prosthesis rocking movement has been typically associated with paravalvular leaks and fistulae. To the best of our ...[more]