(b)(4).Title: early stenosis of an aortic porcine bioprosthesis due to thrombosis: case report and literature review citation: j thorac cardiovasc surg 2015;149:e83-6 (http://dx.Doi.Org/10.1016/j.Jtcvs.2015.02.039) authors: masahiro dohi, md, kiyoshi doi, md, phd, and hitoshi yaku, md, phd date of publish used for event date.
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Medtronic received information via literature review of an article describing early stenosis and thrombosis of aortic bioprosthetic valves.The case report within the article did not reference medtronic products, however a table summary reference 18 medtronic surgical bioprosthetic valves from two device families (serial numbers not reported) noted with early thrombosis (excluding patients on anticoagulation or thrombolytic therapy).Per the table summary, the patients with medtronic valves had a mean age of 70.5 years, and a mean time from implant to thrombosis occurrence of 40.7 months.Of these 18 patients, all but four were noted as having undergone intervention to replace the thrombotic valve.No additional adverse patient effects were reported.Additional information has been requested.
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