Native aortic valve thrombosis: a rare cause of acute ischemia of the lower limb

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2004 Dec;3(4):675-7. doi: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.07.012.

Abstract

Spontaneous native aortic valve thrombosis is an uncommon event occurring after heart valve disease, during cardiac catheterization, bacterial endocarditis, or as a hypercoagulative state as in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. We report the case of a 55-year-old woman in whom thrombi developed on a native aortic valve with no predisposing cause. The thrombi were responsible for recurrent lower limb ischemia. Eighteen months after aortic valve replacement, the patient is doing well.