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One of complications of prosthetic valve is thrombosis; this 33 years old patient presented with shortness of breath, she was found to have one fixed leaflet, prosthetic valve thrombosis and obstruction due to subtherapeutic INR.
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Rohani, A. (2019). Metallic MV Obstruction. In: Clinical Cases in the Echocardiography Lab . Clinical Cases in Cardiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16618-2_15
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