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Marked mitral prosthesis rocking motion preceding atrioventricular groove rupture.
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SUBMITTER: Sousa AIC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280011 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Marked mitral prosthesis rocking motion preceding atrioventricular groove rupture.
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]