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Left thoracotomy for emergent repair of ventricular rupture during mitral valve replacement
G Victorino1, J N Young, W M DeCampli
1Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis-East Bay.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
Ventricular rupture is a dreaded complication of mitral valve replacement. We present a case of ventricular rupture that occurred during mitral valve replacement and was successfully repaired through a left thoracotomy approach.