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Stuck valve leaflet detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
H Kumano1, S Suehiro, T Shibata
1Second Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 4, 1999
Abstract:
We encountered a rare complication of mitral valve replacement with the CarboMedics prosthesis: a "stuck" leaflet detected by transesophageal echocardiography even though weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass had been uneventful. The patient was immediately managed without significant problems. We emphasize the importance of performing routine intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in valve replacement as well as in valve repair, from the initial phase of operation.