Left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement: a report of 13 cases.

Left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement is a rare but lethal complication. Between 1995 and 2003, left ventricular rupture occurred in 13 of 5,449 patients who underwent mitral valve replacement, with an incidence of 0.24%.

[Surgical management of coarctation of the aorta and associated intracardiac defect].

Objective: To study the efficiency of surgical treatment on coarctation of the aorta and associated with heart defect.

Methods: From 1994 to 2001, 45 patients with aortic coarctation and associated with heart defect underwent surgical repair. They were divided into two groups: single-stage repair group (26 cases) and two-stage repair group (19 cases).