Chronic contained rupture of the posterior left ventricular wall two years after balloon dilatation of a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Nov;46(5):922. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu060. Epub 2014 Mar 17.

Authors

Herbert De Praetere¹, Filip Rega², Bart Meuris², Paul Herijgers²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium [email protected].
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 24639454
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu060

No abstract available

Keywords: Balloon valvuloplasty; Mitral valve; Ventricular dissection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
Female
Heart Rupture / etiology*
Heart Rupture / pathology
Heart Rupture / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Mitral Valve / surgery*