Artigo Revisado por pares

Repair of left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement: use of a Teflon patch and glue

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 67; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00342-2

ISSN

1552-6259

Autores

A. de la Fuente, O. Agudo, Ramón Sánchez, Juan Luis Fernández Vega, Ignacio Moriones,

Tópico(s)

Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Resumo

Rupture of the left ventricular wall is an infrequent but lethal complication after mitral valve replacement. We present the case of a patient in whom such a rupture was successfully repaired in the intensive care unit with a patch of Teflon felt stuck in place with glue.

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