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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:1011-1013
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Left Thoracotomy for Emergent Repair of Ventricular Rupture During Mitral Valve Replacement

Gregory Victorino, MD, J. Nilas Young, MD, William M. DeCampli, MD, Coyness L. Ennix, Jr, MD

Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis--East Bay, and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, California

Accepted for publication August 13, 1994.

Ventricular rupture is a dreaded complication of mitral valve replacement. We present a case of ventricular rupture that occurred during mitral valve replacement and was successfully repaired through a left thoracotomy approach.






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