Rheumatic mitral valve disease successfully managed with mechanical circulatory support before mitral valve replacement surgery

Affiliations

• ¹ Divisions of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Tex.
• ² Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Tex.
• ³ McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Tex.
• ⁴ Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Tex.