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Fully Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair with Percutaneous Cannulation of Groin Vessels
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A new technique for repair of atrioventricular disruption complicating mitral valve replacement
Rosauro Mejia1, Duncan S Thomson
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. rossmejia@hotmail.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 26, 2003
Abstract:
Atrioventricular disruption is an uncommon but often lethal complication in mitral valve replacement. We present the case of a 79-year-old woman in whom the disruption after mitral valve replacement was successfully repaired using BioGlue surgical adhesive, bovine pericardium, and polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) patch.
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