Mechanical mitral valve prosthesis dysfunction from thrombus: transesophageal echocardiography has limitations.
Perazella M, Frederick W, Buller G, Widman S. Mechanical mitral valve prosthesis dysfunction from thrombus: transesophageal echocardiography has limitations. Connecticut Medicine 1996, 60: 75-7. PMID: 8820631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEchocardiography, DopplerEchocardiography, TransesophagealFatal OutcomeFemaleHeart Valve ProsthesisHumansMiddle AgedMitral ValveMitral Valve InsufficiencyThrombosisConceptsMitral prosthesisMechanical prosthetic heart valvesUseful clinical toolProsthetic heart valvesProsthesis dysfunctionCardiovascular lesionsTransesophageal echocardiographyDiagnostic modalitiesThrombusAtrial surfaceClinical toolHeart valvesUsual locationEchocardiographyProsthesisTEEPatientsTransthoracicDysfunctionLesionsTTE