title: Fracture of Colvin-Galloway Future band causing a tear in the anterior mitral leaflet.
abstract: The first case of a fracture of a semi-rigid annuloplasty device is reported. A 56-year-old man presented with recurrence of severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation 10 months after proper implantation of a Colvin-Galloway Future band (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN). During redo surgery we made the unexpected finding that its metal skeleton was fractured near the posterior segment. A tear in the anterior mitral leaflet was also found. It is speculated that the device fracture may have put additional strain on the native annulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau, Berlin, Germany. m.hartrumpf@immanuel.de
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartrumpf
authors.forename: Ulrich A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: Ralf-Uwe
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Kuehnel
authors.forename: Johannes M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Albes
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012421:Rupture; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*