title: Repair of left ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement concomitant with left atrial reduction procedure--intracardiac patch and extracardiac buttress suture.
abstract: Rupture of the posterior wall of the left ventricle after mitral valve replacement is a dire complication associated with a very high mortality. This study reports a successful repair of type I left ventricular rupture, which occurred after mitral valve replacement concomitant with a left atrial reduction procedure, by combination of an intracardiac patch and an extracardiac buttress suture. In a case such as this, in which hemostasis is quite difficult to establish, this combination technique is particularly effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume-city, Japan. eiki@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaseya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures