1. Balloon 'Valvuloplasty' for Mechanical Valve Dysfunction
- Author
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John Parker Gott, David E. Kandzari, W. Morris Brown, Prashant Kaul, and Harold Carlson
- Subjects
Marfan syndrome ,Balloon Valvuloplasty ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Heart Valve Diseases ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Prosthesis Design ,Radiography, Interventional ,Mechanical valve ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Valve replacement ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ,business.industry ,Anatomy ,Recovery of Function ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Balloon valvuloplasty ,Thrombosis ,Prosthesis Failure ,Treatment Outcome ,Shock (circulatory) ,Aortic Valve ,Heart Valve Prosthesis ,Circulatory system ,Cardiology ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
A 46-year-old woman with a history of Marfan Syndrome experienced witnessed cardiac arrest with persistent shock requiring circulatory support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In 2000, the patient underwent ascending aortic root replacement and mechanical bileaflet valve replacement
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- 2016