Why the study?
Left ventricular rupture is a fatal and uncommon complication following mitral valve replacement.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case report demonstrates that survival is possible following the rare and typically fatal complication of left ventricular rupture post-mitral valve replacement.
A fatal and uncommon complication after mitral valve replacement is left ventricular (LV) rupture. We describe a case of a woman in her 40s with rheumatic heart disease and mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve replacement on cardiopulmonary bypass and experienced LV rupture but survived this catastrophe.
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Starlet et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Left ventricular rupture post mitral valve replacement (n=1). External polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) felt repair and cardiac packing was evaluated.
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