Clinical significance of early thrombosis after prosthetic mitral valve replacement
A postoperative monocentric study of 680 patients
Guillaume Laplace, MD*,*,
Stéphane Lafitte, MD, PhD*,
Jean-Noèl Labèque, MD*,
Jean-Marie Perron, MD*,
Eugène Baudet, MD*,
Claude Deville, MD*,
Xavier Roques, MD* and
Raymond Roudaut, MD, FESC*
* Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Chu de Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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Figure 1 Transesophageal echocardiography showing two round nonobstructive thrombi on the atrial side of the sewing ring of the mitral prosthesis.
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Figure 2 Same transesophageal echocardiography as in Figure 1 but with a perpendicular view. Thrombus finally appears annular and immobile.
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Figure 3 Early and long-term evolution of thrombi in the two groups of patients. G.I.B. = gastrointestinal bleeding; O.T. = obstructive thrombus; T.I.A. = transient ischemic accident.
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