New murmurs in patients with prosthetic heart valves

Case 1 A 58 year old woman with previous replacement of a bicuspid aortic valve (size 23 St Jude Medical prosthesis) in 1994 for aortic stenosis, presented with a three week history of increasing shortness of breath. The patient's C-reactive protein was normal (<7 mg/l), as were the white bl...

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Published in:	Postgraduate medical journal Vol. 79; no. 934; p. 476
Main Authors:	Cromie, N A, Walsh, S J, Ahmed, A A M, Campalani, G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01-08-2003 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd Oxford University Press BMJ Group
Subjects:	Adult Analysis Aortic Valve Aortic valve stenosis Aortic Valve Stenosis - etiology Care and treatment Case studies Causes of Complications Complications and side effects diabetes Echocardiography Electrocardiography Female Health aspects Heart failure Heart Murmurs - etiology Heart Valve Diseases - surgery Heart Valve Prosthesis Humans Medical examination Medical research Medicine, Experimental Methods Middle Aged Patients peripheral neuropathy Postoperative Complications - etiology Prostheses Prosthesis Failure sarcoidosis Self Assessment Question Surgery Tricuspid Valve Tricuspid Valve Stenosis - etiology Women patients United Kingdom
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Summary:	Case 1 A 58 year old woman with previous replacement of a bicuspid aortic valve (size 23 St Jude Medical prosthesis) in 1994 for aortic stenosis, presented with a three week history of increasing shortness of breath. The patient's C-reactive protein was normal (<7 mg/l), as were the white blood cell count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Bibliography:	PMID:12954964 local:0790476 Answers on p 480. ark:/67375/NVC-MFQ43X40-S istex:49D9EB246B81384B6DEEE923F9DF1EC257FDCEF9 Correspondence to:  Dr Nicholas A Cromie, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK;   cardiac.research@royalhospitals.n-i.nhs.uk href:postgradmedj-79-476.pdf ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0032-5473 1469-0756
DOI:	10.1136/pmj.79.934.476