title: Left atrial wall dissection after mitral valve replacement.
abstract: Left atrial dissection does occur, though rarely, after mitral valve surgery. A 68-year-old Korean female presented with moderate mitral stenosis, mild mitral regurgitation, moderate tricuspid regurgitation and mild aortic regurgitation. She was scheduled for mitral valve replacement and tricuspid annuloplasty. We experienced a left atrial dissection after weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass and decided not to repair it. The patient recovered uneventfully. We suggest that a specific type of left atrial dissection can be treated conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Woo
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jun Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Se Hyeok
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sang-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ji Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung-Tae
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Won Joo
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Jang Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Atrium; Dissection; Mitral valve