Prosthetic aortic valve: A bone in the system
We report a case of a 73-year-old female patient admitted to the surgical department for a splenic abscess. She had a history of a mechanical aortic valve implanted two years earlier. During the diagnostic work-up, the patient underwent a transesophageal echocardiogram that revealed the presence of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204915000355 |