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

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

Language :
English, Portuguese
ISSN :
08702551
Volume :
34
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.629043f719c459a963b9dc1e098252a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.repc.2014.08.024