title: Entrapment of mitral chordal apparatus causing early postoperative dysfunction of a St. Jude mitral prosthesis.
abstract: Preservation of subvalvular apparatus is increasingly performed during mitral valve replacement. We describe a case of early postoperative St. Jude mitral valve dysfunction as a result of chordal entrapment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Louise E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Xaio
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sally C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Greaves
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation