Teresa de la Torre Úbeda

Rescue transseptal percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty for early bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis during VA-ECMO support: a case report

Abstract Background Early bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis (BPVT) is a rare but life-threatening cause of acute prosthetic obstruction after mitral valve surgery. Management is particularly challenging in postcardiotomy shock requiring veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane o...