• Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Jun 2014

    Case Reports

    Hydrophilic polymer embolism induced acute transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis: a novel complication.

    • Saurabh Sanon, Joseph J Maleszewski, and Charanjit S Rihal.
    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
    • Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Jun 1; 83 (7): 1152-5.

    AbstractHydrophilic polymer coated introducer sheaths and medical devices are widely used in interventional cardiology. Despite the potential procedural advantages that these provide, a risk of polymer embolization has been recently reported. We describe the first reported case of hydrophilic polymer induced acute transcatheter aortic valve thrombosis.Copyright © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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