Severe mitral valve regurgitation caused by a swallowed foreign body

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 Sep;42(3):595. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs131. Epub 2012 Mar 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bioprosthesis*
  • Deglutition
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Metals
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Mitral Valve*
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Thoracotomy / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Metals