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Fatal left ventricular perforation following balloon mitral valvuloplasty
J Butany1, G D'Amati, D Charlesworth
1Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario.
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Left ventricular perforation following a balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a rare complication. This paper reports morphological findings in such a case that was fatal. Cardiac tamponade was suspected clinically, but could not be confirmed or treated because of extensive anterior pericardial adhesions related to a previous closed mitral commissurotomy.