Copyright © 2005, The European Society of Cardiology
Embolization from biological prosthetic aortic root
Ospedale Giovanni Bosco, Divisione di Cardiologia, Piazza Donatore di sangue 3, 10100 Torino, Italy
Received 9 May 2005; received in revised form 6 November 2005; accepted after revision 17 November 2005.
* Corresponding author. Tel. +39 0112402261. monica.anselmino{at}fastwebnet.it
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The transesophageal echocardiography of a 56-year-old woman admitted with anterior myocardial infarction and stroke showed extensive thrombosis in a biological prosthetic aortic root; the patient had discontinued oral anticoagulants three months before.
Keywords: Transesophageal echocardiography; Prosthetic thrombosis