Author/Authors :
Thierry A. Folliguet MD، نويسنده , , Marie-Christine Malergue MD، نويسنده , , Jacques Temkine MD، نويسنده , , Alain Dibie MD، نويسنده , , Jean Petrie MD، نويسنده , , François Laborde MD، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A patient with a left coronary calcified embolus causing acute myocardial dysfunction immediately after aortic valve replacement is described. Prompt diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiogram was made, which led to removal of the embolus and a subsequent satisfactory course.