Malfunction of a Lillehei-Kaster aortic valve presenting as loss of the normal valve click

Angelini, G. D., Fraser, Alan Gordon and Breckenridge, I. M. 1986. Malfunction of a Lillehei-Kaster aortic valve presenting as loss of the normal valve click. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon 34 (1) , pp. 68-69. 10.1055/s-2007-1020378

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Abstract

We report a patient with a malfunctioning Lillehei-Kaster aortic valve which presented only as loss of the normal valve click, 7 months after temporary interruption of anticoagulation at the time of abdominal surgery. Loss of a normal prosthetic valve click may be the only sign of prosthetic valve malfunction, and it is a surgical emergency. Patients with prosthetic heart valves, who undergo non-cardiac surgery, should not receive vitamin K1, and anticoagulation should be restarted promptly after surgery with intravenous heparin as well as warfarin.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	Thieme Verlag
ISSN:	0171-6425
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 07:49
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/68445

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