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Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with caged ball mitral valve prosthesis: a case report

Groups and Associations Srilakshmi M Adhyapak, G G Shetty, M J Santosh, Kiron Varghese, C B Patil, S S Iyengar
Int J Cardiol . 2008

One of the complications of prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is systemic thromboembolism. We are reporting the occurrence of coronary artery embolism presenting as acute ST elevation myocardial infarction, 15 years after mitral valve replacement in a 30 year old female, with no clinical evidence of PVT.