Korean J Leg Med.  2000 May;24(1):82-86.

Cerebral Infarction Due to Thromboembolic Complication of Rheumatic Heart Disease Patient with Mechanical Mitral and Aortic Prosthesis: A Case Report

• Lee SY
• Seo JS

Abstract

Chronic rheumatic heart disease is the most important consequence of rheumatic fever and characterized principally by deforming fibrotic valvular disease(particularly mitral stenosis), which can produce permanent dysfunction and severe, sometimes fatal, cardiac dysfunction decades later. So the operation should be carried out in symptomatic patients with moderate to severe mitral or aortic stenosis or regurgitation. Postoperative mortality rate is low. But some postoperative complications including thromboembolism and prosthetic valve endocarditis are associated with high mortality. We report a autopsy case diagnosed as cerebral infarction due to thromboembolic complication of rheumatic heart disease patient with mechanical mitral and aortic prostheses. To our knowledge, this is the initial autopsy presentation of cerebral infarction due to thromboembolic complication of mechanical prosthetic valve in the patient with rheumatic heart disease in Korea.

Keyword

Rheumatic heart disease; Thromboembolism; Heart valve prosthesis; Cerebral infarction

MeSH Terms

Aortic Valve Stenosis
Autopsy
Cerebral Infarction*
Endocarditis
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Korea
Mortality
Postoperative Complications
Prostheses and Implants*
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Heart Disease*
Thromboembolism