1. Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with caged ball mitral valve prosthesis: A case report
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Chandrakanth B Patil, M.J. Santosh, Srilakshmi M. Adhyapak, Gurappa G. Shetty, Shamanna S. Iyengar, and Kiron Varghese
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Prosthetic valve ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mitral valve replacement ,medicine.disease ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Coronary artery embolism ,Clinical evidence ,St elevation myocardial infarction ,Internal medicine ,mental disorders ,Cardiology ,Medicine ,Mitral valve prosthesis ,cardiovascular diseases ,Myocardial infarction ,Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,human activities - Abstract
One of the complications of prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is systemic thromboembolism. We are reporting the occurrence of coronary artery embolism presenting as acute ST elevation myocardial infarction, 15 years after mitral valve replacement in a 30 year old female, with no clinical evidence of PVT.
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- 2008
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