A Case of Decompensated Heart Failure Due to Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction: Quick Diagnosis with Fluoroscopy


ÇİNÇİN A. A., ÖZBEN SADIÇ B., Atas H., Tigen K.

JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS, cilt.6, sa.3, ss.63-65, 2015 (ESCI) identifier

Özet

Introduction: Patients with decompensated heart failure due to prosthetic heart valves consists of a challenging group in emergency clinics for both diagnosis and treatment. Despite the important role in diagnosis, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) remains unsatisfactory in many cases.