Successful repair of left ventricular rupture after redo mitral valve replacement.
A patient with an extensive type I left ventricular rupture after a redo mitral valve replacement was successfully treated using a patch of glutaraldehyde-preserved pericardium sutured to the endocardium around the tear.
Dhillon
J S
JS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.
Randhawa
G K
GK
Pett
S B
SB
D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010496:Pericardium; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques