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1. Mechanical Mitral Valve Thrombosis in a Patient With Prior Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis

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Kalyan R. Chitturi, DO, Miguel A. Castro, MD, Eric Salazar, MD, Michael Deavers, MD, Su Min Chang, MD, John J. Mahmarian, MD, and Karla M. Kurrelmeyer, MD

Subjects
antiphospholipid syndrome, antithrombotic therapies, mitral valve disease, nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, prosthetic valve thrombosis, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
Abstract

A 54-year-old woman with a mechanical mitral valve replacement presented with recurrent admissions for pneumonia and pulmonary edema. Multimodality imaging revealed mobile masses on the prosthesis and discrepant point of care and inpatient international normalized ratio levels owing to antiphospholipid antibody cross-reactivity on the outpatient assay. The prosthetic valve thromboses resolved with therapeutic anticoagulation. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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2020
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