Prosthetic ball free in the left ventricle in a patient with an aortic Starr-Edwards prosthesis

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • March 1988,
  • 55
  • (2)
  • 175-177;

ABSTRACT

Ball-valve intermittent poppet dislodgment into the left ventricle is a rare complication, having been reported previously only in patients with the Braunwald-Cutter prosthesis. This type of variance is reported in a patient with an aortic Starr-Edwards prosthesis and minimal symptoms.

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  • Received December 1986.
  • Accepted October 1987.
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