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An unusual cause of acute mitral regurgitation in TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis

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Structural failure of mechanical heart valve was a known feature when it was evolving in the 1960s and 1970s. With the advent of pyrolytic carbon and a better design, it is a rare entity with present valves. We report a case of disc fracture leading to acute mitral regurgitation in TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis (CHVP) (TTK Healthcare Limited, India) heart valve, 6 years after its implantation in mitral position.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Nethaji Road, Pappanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641037, India

    Muthukumar Sundaram, Aayush Poddar, Ancy Robinson, Muralidharan Srinivasan & Chandrasekar Padmanabhan

  2. Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, India

    Soundaravalli Balakrishnan

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Sundaram, M., Poddar, A., Robinson, A. et al. An unusual cause of acute mitral regurgitation in TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 37, 546–550 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-01134-5

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