Morphologic Analysis of a Strand Recovered from a Prosthetic Mitral Valve: No Evidence of Fibrin

Structural changes in glutaraldehyde-treated porcine heterografts used as substitute cardiac valves

1978 • 303 citations

Valve strands are strongly associated with systemic embolization: A transesophageal echocardiographic study

1995 • 115 citations

Detection of prosthetic valve strands by transesophageal echocardiography: Clinical significance in patients with suspected cardiac source of embolism

1995 • 71 citations

Mitral Valve Strands and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Elderly Patients

1997 • 55 citations

Structural alterations of the porcine heterograft after various durations of implantation

1978 • 45 citations

Mobile strands are frequently attached to the St. Jude Medical mitral valve prosthesis as assessed by two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

1992 • 32 citations

Small abnormal echos after mitral valve replacement with bileaflet mechanical prostheses: predisposing factors and effect on thromboembolism.

1993 • 29 citations

Detection of Fibrous Strands on Prosthetic Mitral Valves With Transesophageal Echocardiography: Another Potential Embolic Source

1994 • 25 citations

Recurrent Ischemic Strokes in a Patient with Medtronic-Hall Prosthetic Aortic Valve and Valve Strands

1998 • 16 citations

Mobile echoes on prosthetic valves are not reproducible; results and clinical implications of a multicentre study

1999 • 14 citations

The development of valvular strands during thrombolytic therapy detected by transesophageal echocardiography

1996 • 8 citations