An unexpected cause of poor venous drainage during robotic mitral valve repair

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Jan;10(1):146-7. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.213181. Epub 2009 Oct 30.

Authors

Basar Sareyyupoglu¹, Rakesh M Suri, Kent H Rehfeldt, Harold M Burkhart

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

PMID: 19880422
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.213181

Abstract

We present a case with an unusual cause of poor venous drainage during cardiopulmonary bypass for robotic-assisted mitral valve repair.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass / instrumentation*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Regional Blood Flow
Robotics*
Severity of Illness Index
Surgery, Computer-Assisted*
Treatment Outcome
Vena Cava, Superior / physiopathology*