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Perivalvular pannus and valve thrombosis: Two concurrent mechanisms of mechanical valve prosthesis dysfunction

Authors :
Jose María Rodríguez-López
Antonio Arribas-Jiménez
Javier Rodríguez-Collado
María Elena Arnáiz-García
Alejandro Diego-Nieto
María E. Bueno-Codoñer
José María González-Santos
María José Dalmau-Sorlí
Javier López-Rodríguez
Adolfo Arévalo-Abascal
Source :
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition), Vol 34, Iss 2, Pp 141.e1-141.e3 (2015), Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, Vol 34, Iss 2, Pp 141.e1-141.e3 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2015.

Abstract

A 78-year-old woman was admitted to our institution with progressive dyspnea. She had previously been diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease and had undergone cardiac surgery for mechanical mitral valve replacement ten years previously. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed blockage of the mechanical prosthesis and the patient was scheduled for surgery, in which a thrombus was removed from the left atrial appendage. A partial thrombosis of the mechanical prosthesis and circumferential pannus overgrowth were concomitantly detected. Prosthetic heart valve blockage is a rare but life-threatening complication, the main causes of which are thrombosis and pannus formation. The two conditions are different but both are usually misdiagnosed. Two concurrent mechanisms of prosthesis blockage were found in this patient. Resumo: Uma mulher de 78 anos de idade, foi admitida na nossa instituição com dispneia progressiva. Foi-lhe previamente diagnosticada doença reumática, tendo sido submetida a cirurgia cardíaca de substituição de válvula mitral por prótese mecânica há dez anos. O ecocardiograma transesofágico revelou um bloqueio da prótese mecânica. A paciente foi referida para a cirurgia, tendo sido removido um trombo do apêndice atrial esquerdo. A trombose parcial de prótese mecânica e o crescimento circunferencial de pannus ocorreram concomitantemente. O bloqueio das válvulas cardíacas protésicas é uma complicação rara mas potencialmente fatal. As principais causas são a trombose ou formação de pannus. As duas condições são diferentes, mas em regra erradamente diagnosticadas. Nesta paciente foi detetado um duplo mecanismo de bloqueio de prótese. Keywords: Mitral, Prosthesis, Thrombosis, Pannus, Mechanical valve dysfunction, Palavras-chave: Mitral, Prótese, Trombose, Pannus, Disfunção valvar mecânica

Details

ISSN :
08702551
Volume :
34
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....113b91feff11dbe9d92de5138ce84254
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.repc.2014.08.024