Successful Repair of Late Left Ventricular Rupture after Mitral Valve Replacement

Antoine Digonnet, Erwan Flecher, Stéphane Aubert, Alain Pavie
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
 

Ventricular rupture is a dreaded complication of mitral valve replacement. Herein are reported two cases of late left ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement at 10 and 48 days, respectively, after the initial surgery.

Both ventricular ruptures were successfully repaired, one through an internal and one an external approach.

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2007;16:136-138
 
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