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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 107, 392-399, Copyright © 1969 by American Roentgen Ray Society

ROENTGENOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF COMPLICATIONS IN HEART VALVE REPLACEMENTS

RICHARD D. KITTREDGE M.D.1 and COLIN W. MCCORD M.D.1

1 From the Department of Radiology and the Cardiac Surgical Section, St. Luke's Hospital Center, New York, New York

As the numbers of valve replacements increase in the general population, complications will be seen more often in the Radiology Department.

The major problems reported thus far are anemia, regurgitation, infection, thrombosis, embolus and poppet variance.

Following valve replacement, the failure of a patient to thrive is due either to myocardial disease, thrombus formation at the

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valve or partial separation of the valve prosthesis. The latter two conditions are important to diagnosis since repair is feasible. Fluoroscopy and cineangiography are the only definitive methods of evaluating these treatable conditions.


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