A 65-year-old female with a significant history of two previous mitral valve replacement surgeries for mitral regurgitation was found to have severe mitral regurgitation again. She was determined to have a flail anterior mitral valve leaflet and underwent redo open sternotomy mitral valve replacement. This report serves to provide an example of an uncommon case of valve failure in an effort to alert clinicians to this potential complication.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461408 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42643 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
mitral valve
16
valve replacement
8
mitral regurgitation
8
mitral
6
valve
5
rare case
4
case idiopathic
4
idiopathic failure
4
failure bioprosthetic
4
bioprosthetic mitral
4
Similar Publications
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!