Fibrin sealant for left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement |
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Authors: | Garcia-Villarreal Ovidio A Casillas-Covarrubias Luis E |
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Affiliation: | Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of Chest and Cardiovascular Disease, Number 34, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Monterrey, Mexico. ovidio@voila.fr |
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Abstract: | Despite safer surgical procedures, left ventricular rupture remains a rare but potentially lethal complication of mitral valve replacement. The use of fibrin sealant has substantially improved the outcome of many difficult bleeding episodes after cardiac surgery. We describe a case of left ventricular rupture successfully treated with fibrin sealant combined with external Teflon-pledgeted sutures. |
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