Thrombotic pannus causing mixed prosthetic mitral valve dysfunction.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Cardiothoracic Centre, St. Thomas' Hospital, 6th Floor, East Wing, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.

Published: August 2002

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