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An unusual lethal complication of preservation of chordae tendineae in mitral valve replacement
C K Mok1, D L Cheung, C S Chiu
1Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
In two patients, several chordae tendineae of the mural leaflet were preserved during mitral valve replacement. Hemorrhagic necrosis and spontaneous rupture of the preserved posterior papillary muscle led to disc entrapment and the death of both patients.