A surgical case for severe hemolytic anemia after mitral valve repair. |
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| Authors: | Yasushige Shingu Hidetoshi Aoki Noriyoshi Ebuoka Kazuhiro Eya Ko Takigami Junichi Oba Takashi Fukuhara |
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| Institution: | Division of Thoracic Surgery, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | We report a rare case of severe hemolytic anemia accompanied by moderate renal insufficiency after mitral valve repair. Although the degree of the residual mitral regurgitation was less than 1+ during the first three weeks after the operation, the maximum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was up to 7,430 U/l and the minimum hemoglobin was 4.9 g/dl. The mitral valve replacement successfully resolved the hemolysis, but the renal function did not completely recover. |
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