Schachner A, Vidne B, Levy MJ. Retrograde (atrial) dislodgement of a Cross-Jones mitral valve occluder.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 1979;
13:263-5. [PMID:
542830 DOI:
10.3109/14017437909100562]
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Abstract
Fatal atrial dislodgement of a lenticular disc occurred seven years after surgery in a 54-year-old patient, who had had a mitral valve replacement with a Cross-Jones prosthesis, for ruptured chordae tendinae. A marked distortion of the titanium ring reinforced silicone rubber lens disc due to material wear was the cause of this complication. From the literature available to us, atrial dislodgement of a prosthetic mitral occluder has not been previously recorded. We therefore intend to recommend elective replacement of the Cross-Jones prosthesis in all patients who have had their artificial valve functioning for more than five years.
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