RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prosthetic ball free in the left ventricle in a patient with an aortic Starr-Edwards prosthesis
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 175
OP 177
VO 55
IS 2
A1 Daniel D. Schrader
A1 Miguel A. Sellanes
A1 Norberto Kelijman Laschover
A1 Roberto J. Macchi
A1 Marcos Eserequis
A1 Jorge I. Mizraji
A1 Carlos A. Nojek
YR 1988
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/2/175.abstract
AB 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.