Complementary role of different imaging modalities in the diagnosis of concurrent obstructive aortic and mitral prosthetic valve thrombosis

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2020 Jul;48(5):539-544. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2019.55013.

Abstract

Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a life-threatening valve dysfunction. In asymptomatic cases, as well as certain symptomatic patients with PVT, the results of the first-line imaging tool, transthoracic echocardiography, may be inconclusive in terms of illustrating the thrombus, which is necessary in order to select the proper treatment option. Hence, a differential diagnosis based on clinical presentation may be challenging, and multimodality imaging, including echocardiography, cine fluoroscopy, and cardiac computed tomography, is usually required to distinguish between PVT and other prosthesis-related pathologies, such as pannus, vegetation, and prosthesis-patient mismatch.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Fluoroscopy / methods
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods*
  • Prosthesis Failure / etiology
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed