title: Mitral valve replacement in a heart transplant recipient with iatrogenic mitral regurgitation.
abstract: A 65-year-old cardiac transplant recipient suffered rupture of the mitral valve apparatus during endomyocardial biopsy of the left ventricle. Severe mitral regurgitation resulted, and because of heart failure with progressive clinical deterioration the patient was finally subjected to mitral valve replacement. He had a favorable postoperative course and is now asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cavero
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pulpón
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moreu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012421:Rupture