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Surgical repair of an anterior mitral subvalvular aneurysm
W A Kruithoff1, B F Akl, A R Blacky
1Department of Internal Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5600.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
An individual with a ruptured congenital subvalvular aneurysm is presented. The anterior location in the mitral annulus compromised the intervalvular fibrosa shared by the aortic valve. Aortic and mitral valve replacement were required to obliterate the resulting fistula between the left ventricle and left atrium.