Cemal Duzgun A, İlkeli E. A patient with a 30-year-old Björk-Shiley mechanical
mitral valve without anticoagulation for 10 years. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021;18(2):111-112. doi:10.5114/kitp.2021.107473.
APA
Cemal Duzgun, A., & İlkeli, E. (2021). A patient with a 30-year-old Björk-Shiley mechanical
mitral valve without anticoagulation for 10 years. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 18(2), 111-112. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2021.107473
Chicago
Cemal Duzgun, Ali, and Ekin İlkeli. 2021. "A patient with a 30-year-old Björk-Shiley mechanical
mitral valve without anticoagulation for 10 years". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 18 (2): 111-112. doi:10.5114/kitp.2021.107473.
Harvard
Cemal Duzgun, A., and İlkeli, E. (2021). A patient with a 30-year-old Björk-Shiley mechanical
mitral valve without anticoagulation for 10 years. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 18(2), pp.111-112. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2021.107473
MLA
Cemal Duzgun, Ali et al. "A patient with a 30-year-old Björk-Shiley mechanical
mitral valve without anticoagulation for 10 years." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 18, no. 2, 2021, pp. 111-112. doi:10.5114/kitp.2021.107473.
Vancouver
Cemal Duzgun A, İlkeli E. A patient with a 30-year-old Björk-Shiley mechanical
mitral valve without anticoagulation for 10 years. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021;18(2):111-112. doi:10.5114/kitp.2021.107473.
Today, a wide variety of mechanical mitral valves are implanted for mitral valve pathologies to replace native valves with cardiopulmonary bypass. Life-long use of anticoagulants is essential in mechanical valve patients. Otherwise, serious valve thrombosis leads to fatal outcomes. However, the risk of degeneration of mechanical valves is much lower compared to bioprosthetic valves [1]. We present the case of a 50-year-old female patient with a functional Björk-Shiley mechanical mitral valve who was not using anticoagulation for more than 10 years.