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Case Reports
. 2017 Feb;31(1):240-242.
doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.05.009. Epub 2016 May 7.

Management of Acute Mechanical Mitral Valve Thrombosis With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Hannelisa Callisen  1 , Ayan Sen  2 , Louis Lanza  3 , Bhavesh Patel  1 , Efrain Cubillo  1 , Lori Gushue  3 , Stacy Libricz  1 , Jama Jahanyar  3 , J Christopher Farmer  1 , Robert Scott  4
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Management of Acute Mechanical Mitral Valve Thrombosis With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Hannelisa Callisen et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; mitral valve; prosthetic valve thrombosis.

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Thrombosed prosthetic mitral valve on echocardiogram.
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Valve thrombosis, ventricular side.
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