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Acute mitral valve dysfunction: a new case of leaflet escape
  1. I L'HUILLIER,
  2. J P MEUNIER,
  3. S JAZAYERI

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.85.5.513

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    Leaflet escape is a rare cause of heart valve prosthesis dysfunction. We present a new case occurring five years after mitral valve replacement. A 45 year old man was transferred to the emergency unit of our hospital with acute pulmonary oedema which appeared following a violent episode. He had a history of rheumatic valvulopathy. In 1995 he …

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