title: Right ventricular infarction and mitral stenosis: a resuscitation challenge.
abstract: We report the case of a 49-year-old woman who experienced an inferior myocardial infarction with right ventricular extension, poorly tolerated, partly due to a severe rheumatic mitral stenosis discovered during the hospitalization. Following an initial emergent mechanical circulatory support with femoro-femoral extracorporeal life support (ECLS), the patient had the mitral valve replaced, and the arterio-venous ECLS was removed for a right ventricular assistance device. After seven weeks, she was discharged and fully recovered.
authors.affiliation: 1 Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital de la Réunion, Saint Denis - France.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Champion
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Braunberger
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vandroux
authors.forename: Bernard A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Gaüzere
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lefort
mesh_terms: D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D056989:Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right