title: Mitral annuloplasty causing left circumflex injury and infarction: novel use of intravascular ultrasound to diagnose suture injury.
abstract: Suture injury of the left circumflex coronary artery and infarction may be an under-recognized complication of mitral valve annuloplasty. Our cases illustrate a potential role for early coronary angiography in patients who have persistent hemodynamic instability or ventricular irritability, which may be related to left circumflex artery injury. This potentially devastating complication of mitral annuloplasty can be diagnosed by use of intravascular ultrasound to distinguish suture injury from an atherosclerotic lesion.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, SL 423, Boston, MA 02215, USA. jwykrzyk@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wykrzykowska
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zimetabum
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology