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ARS Medica Tomitana - 2014; 4(79): 184 - 190 10.1515/arsm-2015-0003 1 2 3 Popa M. F. , Candea Lavinia-Simona , Parlica I. Morphological - lesional aspects of prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis - Forensic implications - University “Ovidius”, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Pathology, Constanţa, Romania “Mina Minovici” National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania Forensic County Service, Constanţa, Romania ABSTRACT Introduction The purpose of this paper is to present a case of prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis in a young patient with a history of acute articular rheumatism with bivalvular damage which required prosthetic mitral twin disc and tricuspid annuloplasty that, despite effective anticoagulation Mechanical valve dysfunction has the most treatment, shows a high degree of mitral valve important cause- prosthetic thrombosis. This can be obstruction with severe hemodynamic disturbances that massive-obstructive (in this case) or incomplete - ultimately led to death. unobtrusive The particularity of the case lies in the development of Obstructive thrombosis of the prosthesis is a thrombosis in twin disc prosthesis type, complication severe complication potentially fatal, occurred after that, in the literature, is cited as being more rarely met than the cases of single-disc prosthesis. valvular replacement that requires urgent diagnosis and treatment, which
ARS Medica Tomitana – de Gruyter
Published: Nov 1, 2014
Keywords: Medicine; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Medicine, other
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