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 Schrader, Daniel D.
A1 Sellanes, Miguel A.
A1 Laschover, Norberto Kelijman
A1 Macchi, Roberto J.
A1 Eserequis, Marcos
A1 Mizraji, Jorge I.
A1 Nojek, Carlos A.
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.