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Asymptomatic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valve replacement with leaflet preservation
Z Popovic1, D Vukajlovic, A D Popovic
1Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
|August 26, 1999
Abstract:
It has been shown that inappropriate anterior mitral leaflet preservation during mitral valve replacement may cause left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, usually with dismal prognosis. In this report, we describe a patient with chronic asymptomatic LVOT obstruction after mitral valve replacement with leaflet preservation.