Mitral valve replacement six years after cardiac transplantation.
A 33-year-old man found to have increasing mitral regurgitation and decreasing exercise tolerance 6 years after cardiac transplantation received a mitral bioprosthesis. For 8 months he has been without complications from the valve replacement and is clinically and hemodynamically considerably improved.
Copeland
J G
JG
Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.
Rosado
L J
LJ
Sethi
G
G
Huston
C
C
Lee
R W
RW
D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors