Intraventricular patch repair through an extended aortotomy for repeated left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement.
Posterior wall rupture of the left ventricle is a rare but lethal complication after mitral valve replacement. We treated a patient with repeated left ventricular rupture. Initially, type 1 left ventricular rupture was repaired in the intensive care unit, but persistent bleeding occurred after the repair. We treated the bleeding through an extended aortotomy and successfully repaired the repeated type 3 left ventricular rupture with bovine pericardium (Synovis Surgical Innovations Inc, St. Paul, MN).
Park
Choung Kyu
CK
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Park
Pyo Won
PW
Yang
Ji-Hyuk
JH
Lee
Young Tak
YT
Sung
Kiick
K
Kim
Wook Sung
WS
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous