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  • Title: Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with caged ball mitral valve prosthesis: a case report.
    Author: Adhyapak SM, Shetty GG, Santosh MJ, Varghese K, Patil CB, Iyengar SS.
    Journal: Int J Cardiol; 2008 Aug 29; 128(3):e101-3. PubMed ID: 17692966.
    Abstract:
    One of the complications of prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is systemic thromboembolism. We are reporting the occurrence of coronary artery embolism presenting as acute ST elevation myocardial infarction, 15 years after mitral valve replacement in a 30 year old female, with no clinical evidence of PVT.
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