Failure to remove cotton pledgets from porcine cardiac valve bioprostheses before insertion can lead to fatal embolization.
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May warrant confirmation of pledget removal in porcine valve implantation; extends known embolic risks beyond thrombosis.
Lifschultz et al. (1987) studied this question.
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