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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2017; 06(01): e40-e41
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612613
Case Report: Cardiac
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Delayed Metallic Embolization of a Cor-Knot Fastener

H. Edward Garrett Jr.
1   Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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29 August 2017

23 October 2017

Publication Date:
25 December 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Background The Cor-Knot device is a titanium fastener which is widely used in cardiac valve procedures. Adverse events associated with use of the device have been rare.

Case Description A patient underwent robotic mitral valve repair using the Cor-Knot fastener. Five years later, he suffered a cerebral vascular accident secondary to embolization of a metallic foreign body. He had had no other medical procedures which could account for a source of metallic embolization.

Conclusion Long-term surveillance after use of the Cor-Knot fastener is limited. Metallic embolization may be possible with this device and warrants awareness within the medical community.

Keywords

surgical equipment - mitral valve surgery - imaging - neurology/neurologic
 

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