Repair of Mitral Valve and Left Atrioventricular Disruption Caused by Blunt Chest Trauma

A. David Slater, Sujata Subramanian, Jiapeng Huang, Michael Bouvette, Sebastian Pagni, Robert D. Dowling

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Abstract

We describe a case of acute cardiac failure in a patient involved in a motor vehicle accident. A diagnosis of acute mitral regurgitation and left atrioventricular disruption was made with transesophageal echocardiography. Successful repair was performed using the mitral valve leaflets to patch the disruption followed by valve replacement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1289-1290
Number of pages2
JournalAnnals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume87
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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