Mitral valve replacement on a beating heart.
We report the case of a patient who needed mitral valve replacement but was at a high risk of myocardial injury with the conventional technique (cardioplegic arrest on cardiopulmonary bypass). Valve replacement was carried out on a beating heart on cardiopulmonary bypass by perfusing the heart continuously with oxygenated noncardioplegic normothermic blood via the coronary sinus.
Bedi
Harinder S
HS
Metro Heart Institute, Noida, NCR, Delhi. drhsbedi@hotmail.com
Singh
Raman P
RP
Goel
Vipin
V
Lal
Purshottam
P
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*