[Intermittent diastolic dysfunction of a mechanical aortic prosthesis: a clinical case]

Ital Heart J Suppl. 2000 Sep;1(9):1203-5.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

We describe the case of a 48 year-old man whose Sorin bileaflet aortic prosthesis presented persistent systolic and intermittent diastolic failure due to fibrous tissue overgrowth in the left ventricular outflow tract.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Failure*