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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 50, 817-819, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Catastrophic thrombosis of porcine aortic bioprostheses

PA Baciewicz, C del Rio, MA Goncalves, OM Lattouf, RA Guyton and DC Morris
Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30365.

Hemodynamically critical thrombotic stenosis of porcine bioprosthetic valves in the aortic position without thrombotic predisposition is rare. Two patients at our institution abruptly manifested thrombotic stenosis of porcine bioprosthetic valves in the aortic position within 3 months of implantation without apparent predisposing factors. Clinicians should consider this rare but catastrophic complication in the appropriate setting.

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