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Case Reports
. 2015 Apr 1:10:50.
doi: 10.1186/s13019-015-0254-5.

Effectiveness of anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of post-TAVI bioprosthetic thrombosis

Jérémy Descoux  1 , Pierre Gautier-Pignonblanc  2 , Andrea Innorta  3 , Nicolas Durel  4 , Lionel Camilleri  5 , Pascal Motreff  6 , Jean-René Lusson  7 , Geraud Souteyrand  8
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Effectiveness of anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of post-TAVI bioprosthetic thrombosis

Jérémy Descoux et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

Abstract

Bioprosthetic thromboses are rarely reported in post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We describe herein the case of bioprosthetic valve thrombosis in an 82-year-old patient which resolved completely after anticoagulant therapy.

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Figure 1
Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) of the aortic bioprosthesis in diastole (A) and in systole (B), with transvalvular continuous-wave Doppler (C) revealing a mean gradient (MG) of 64 mmHg and a Vmax of 5 m/s. Same TEE sections and continuous-wave Doppler (A’, B’ and C’) after 1 month of anticoagulant therapy: MG = 15 mmHg and Vmax = 2.7 m/s with unchanged heart rate and ejection fraction.
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