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Early and long-term (one-year) effects of the association of aspirin and oral anticoagulant on thrombi and morbidity after replacement of the mitral valve with the st. jude medical prosthesis

A clinical and transesophageal echocardiographic study

^a Service d’Echocardiographie PR Roudaut, Cardiologic Hospital Haut-Leveque, 33600 Bordeaux-Pessac, France

View larger version (116K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 TEE view of a St. Jude medical mitral valve showing a strand on the atrial side of the prosthesis. TEE = transesophageal echocardiography.

View larger version (116K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 TEE view of a St. Jude medical mitral valve showing nonobstructive thrombus on the atrial side of the prosthesis. TEE = transesophageal echocardiography.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Cumulative risk of thromboembolic events (excluding nonobstructive thrombi) and of major hemorrhages.