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Calcific coronary embolization associated with cardiac valve replacement. Necropsy x-ray study.
  1. I Steiner,
  2. A Hlava,
  3. J Procházka

    Abstract

    The hearts of 14 patients dying early after replacement of a calcified aortic or mitral valve were examined for the presence of calcific coronary emboli. The incidence of embolization as shown by x-ray film was 92-9 per cent. The number of emboli in individual cases ranged from 4 to 119. Replacement of an aortic valve was associated with a more severe embolization than replacement of a mitral valve. Th mechanisms of calcific embolization are discussed and preventive surgical measures suggested.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.38.8.816

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