title: Left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement: endocardial repair with pericardial patch.
abstract: A patient with type I left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement was successfully treated by suturing a pericardial patch to the healthy endocardium around the tear.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*