Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and intracardiac fistulas after replacement of mitral valve prosthesis.
Operation was performed on a 61-year-old woman with left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, left ventricular-right atrial fistula, and left ventricular-coronary sinus fistula after mitral valve replacement. The diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to these complications are described briefly, and the literature on intracardiac fistula after mitral valve replacement is reviewed.
Watanabe
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Department of Surgery (Section 2), Sapporo Medical College and Hospital, Japan.
Kazui
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Tsukamoto
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Komatsu
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery