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  • Title: [Uncommon cause of malfunction of a valve prosthesis of the the St. Jude Medical type].
    Author: Magagnini E, Chella PS, Pieroni A.
    Journal: G Ital Cardiol; 1982; 12(9):681-4. PubMed ID: 7169168.
    Abstract:
    We report the malfunction of a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve in mitral position in a 60 year old woman. One of the two leaflets of the valve was locked in closed position because of the interference of a chorda tendinea. The patient was asymptomatic and the valve dysfunction was discovered during a routine control examination. The bi-leaflet design of this prosthetic valve appears to have offered some protection to our patient. The malfunction involved only one of the hemi-disc and the haemodynamic derangement was moderate.
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