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Table 3 Perioperative displaced valve leaflets of patients undergoing re-valve replacement surgery

From: Causes and treatment strategies of unilateral leaflet escape of bileaflet mechanical prosthetic heart valves after surgery: a case series

Variable

Aortic valve failure patient

Mitral valve failure patient

Embolism site of escape leaflet

Left common iliac artery

Right common iliac artery

Embolic site velocity(cm/s)

123.0

118.0

Thrombosis adhesion

N

N

Diameter of blood vessel at embolization site (mm)

12.1

14.2

Hematoma at embolic site

N

N

Limb lameness

N

N

Affected limb ABI

1.0

1.1

  1. ABI Ankle-brachial index