Thrombosis following mitral and tricuspid valve-in-valve replacement Brian Whisenant, MD, Kent Jones, MD, Dylan Miller, MD, Steven Horton, MD, Edward Miner, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 149, Issue 3, Pages e26-e29 (March 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.10.075 Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Patient 1. A, Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrating nodular thrombotic density (arrows). B, Thrombus adherent to the ventricular side of the Sapien (Edwards LifeSciences, Irvine, Calif) valve leaflets. C, Low magnification photomicrograph of Sapien valve leaflet showing the relationship of the pericardial (Pc) leaflet tissue, shallow overlying old organized thrombus (OT), and more recent thrombus (RT) in the cusp pocket. The base of the valve is oriented at the bottom of the image (hematoxylin and eosin stain ×10). Panel B shows higher magnification of the recent thrombus component (hematoxylin and eosin stain ×100). Panel C shows higher magnification of the organized thrombus component (top) and acellular dense collagenous pericardial leaflet tissue (hematoxylin and eosin stain ×100). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, e26-e29DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.10.075) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Patient 2. Transesophageal echocardiography showing nodular thrombotic densities (arrows). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, e26-e29DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.10.075) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions