Case Report

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

Daniel D. Schrader, MD, Miguel A. Sellanes, MD, Norberto Kelijman Laschover, MD, Roberto J. Macchi, MD, FACC, Marcos Eserequis, MD, Jorge I. Mizraji, MD and Carlos A. Nojek, MD
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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