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A combination of intracardiac patch repair and extracardiac buttress suture successfully treated a type 1 left ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement and left atrial reduction.
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The combination of an intracardiac patch and an extracardiac buttress suture is an effective surgical technique for repairing type 1 left ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement.
May guide rare post-MVR LV rupture repair; single case leaves open need for validation.
Rupture of the posterior wall of the left ventricle after mitral valve replacement is a dire complication associated with a very high mortality. This study reports a successful repair of type I left ventricular rupture, which occurred after mitral valve replacement concomitant with a left atrial reduction procedure, by combination of an intracardiac patch and an extracardiac buttress suture. In a case such as this, in which hemostasis is quite difficult to establish, this combination technique is particularly effective.
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Tayama et al. (2001) conducted a case report in Left ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement (n=1). Intracardiac patch repair and extracardiac buttress suture was evaluated on Successful repair and survival. A combination of intracardiac patch repair and extracardiac buttress suture successfully treated a type 1 left ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement and left atrial reduction.
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