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Early Thrombosis of a Mitral Annuloplasty Ring in a Patient with MTHFR and Factor V Leiden Mutations.
The Journal of heart valve disease - 1 Sept 2017
Cerşit Sinan, Bayam Emrah, Gündüz Sabahattin, Özkan Mehmet
Abstract excerpt
Mitral annuloplasty ring thrombosis is an extremely infrequent pathology, for which no evidence-based antithrombotic management has yet been described. Herein is presented a case of heterozygous Factor V Leiden (FVL) and hyperhomocysteinemia with homozygous methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) mutations that caused early thrombosis of the mitral annuloplasty ring. The clinical management and antithrombotic...
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