Repair of mitral valve and left atrioventricular disruption caused by blunt chest trauma.
We describe a case of acute cardiac failure in a patient involved in a motor vehicle accident. A diagnosis of acute mitral regurgitation and left atrioventricular disruption was made with transesophageal echocardiography. Successful repair was performed using the mitral valve leaflets to patch the disruption followed by valve replacement.
Slater
A David
AD
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA. dslater@ucsamd.com
Subramanian
Sujata
S
Huang
Jiapeng
J
Bouvette
Michael
M
Pagni
Sebastian
S
Dowling
Robert D
RD