Valve thrombosis of tne on-x aortic valve prosthesis, post-operative (late), an expected adverse event for a mechanical heart valve, occurring well-within expected frequency (0.01 percent/ptyr), and is valve-related per definitions in the aats/sts guidelines.Therefore, it is being reported.Patient had a stroke on arrival at hospital, severe valve stenosis, and echo-detected thrombus interfering with leaflet motion.Inr on admission was 2.0, judged to be "subtherapeutic".Re-operated, previous avr explanted and replaced.
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