Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two-dimensional echocardiographic findings |
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Authors: | E B Carlson W G Wolfe J Kisslo |
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Affiliation: | From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. |
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Abstract: | Disruption of the posterior mitral anulus is a rare complication of mitral valve replacement that may result in subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm formation. Such pseudoaneurysm formation was easily recognized by two-dimensional echocardiography in a 54 year old man 3 years after his second mitral valve replacement. The finding was confirmed by cineangiography and direct surgical inspection. Recognition of this rare complication of mitral valve replacement has therapeutic importance because surgical correction is necessary. |
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Keywords: | Address for reprints: Joseph Kisslo MD Box 3818 Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710. |
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