Unique Doppler Pattern of "Obstruction Alternans" of a St Jude Prosthetic Mitral Valve

Padmini Varadarajan, Kenneth R. Jutzy, Ramdas G. Pai

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)890-893
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume16
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2003

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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