Assessment of mitral prosthetic valve thrombosis by live three-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

Antonella Moreo; Elisabetta Lobiati; Benedetta De Chiara; Francesco Mauri

doi:10.1007/s00380-007-0982-0

Assessment of mitral prosthetic valve thrombosis by live three-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

Heart Vessels. 2007 Jul;22(4):287-9. doi: 10.1007/s00380-007-0982-0. Epub 2007 Jul 20.

Authors

Antonella Moreo¹, Elisabetta Lobiati, Benedetta De Chiara, Francesco Mauri

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 17653526
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-007-0982-0

Abstract

We report the feasibility of transthoracic live three-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of a thrombus attached to the mitral bioprosthetic valve.

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
Feasibility Studies
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Prosthesis Failure*
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*