Cardiac injury during valve replacement surgery.
The commonly referenced mortality of cardiac valve replacement surgery is 2 to 5%. Some of this mortality is due to therapeutic misadventure during the procedure. Therapeutic misadventure during cardiac valve replacement may result in patterned injury of the heart, so that postmortem examination can establish the nature of the surgical injury. A case of patterned myocardial injury during valve replacement surgery is presented, with a review of literature and associated cases.
Hawley
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Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Kennedy
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Pless
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Gauger
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Waller
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*