Thrombosis of aortic valve homograft associated with lupus anticoagulant antibodies Philippe Unger, MD, PhD, Danièle Plein, MD, Olivier Pradier, MD, Jean-Louis LeClerc, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 77, Issue 1, Pages 312-314 (January 2004) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01039-7
Fig 1 Mean (open squares) and maximal (solid circles) transvalvular aortic gradients showing increases 8 and 58 months postoperatively and subsequent decreases after acenocoumarol therapy (broken lines). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 312-314DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01039-7)
Fig 2 Transesophageal echocardiographic appearance of the aortic homograft showing a thrombus (*) involving the right coronary and the noncoronary cusps in (A) the long-axis and (B) the short-axis views. (C, D) Disappearance of the thrombus after a 3-month course of acenocoumarol. (Ao = aorta; LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; RA = right atrium). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 312-314DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01039-7)