TY - JOUR
T1 - Unique Doppler Pattern of "Obstruction Alternans" of a St Jude Prosthetic Mitral Valve
AU - Varadarajan, Padmini
AU - Jutzy, Kenneth R.
AU - Pai, Ramdas G.
N1 - We present a case of a patient who was pregnant and had symptomatic, intermittent obstruction of her St Jude mitral prosthesis showing a very unique D...
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - We present a case of a patient who was pregnant and had symptomatic, intermittent obstruction of her St Jude mitral prosthesis showing a very unique Doppler flow pattern suggesting impaired disk movement with every other cardiac cycle. Mechanism of this "obstruction alternans" is discussed.
AB - We present a case of a patient who was pregnant and had symptomatic, intermittent obstruction of her St Jude mitral prosthesis showing a very unique Doppler flow pattern suggesting impaired disk movement with every other cardiac cycle. Mechanism of this "obstruction alternans" is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1067/S0894-7317(03)00323-7
DO - 10.1067/S0894-7317(03)00323-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 12879000
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 16
SP - 890
EP - 893
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 8
ER -