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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Jun 2009
Case ReportsPulmonary trunk perforation during transapical minimal invasive aortic valve replacement.
- Justus T Strauch, Elmar Kuhn, Peter L Haldenwang, and Thorsten Wahlers.
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, Köln D-50924, Germany. justus.strauch@uk-koeln.de
- Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Jun 1; 35 (6): 1094-5.
AbstractIn this case report we illustrate our experience with a perforation of the pulmonary trunk during a transapical aortic valve implantation in a single case. The patient suffered from an aortic valve stenosis and was accepted for a minimally invasive procedure because of multiple comorbidities. After unproblematic transapical placement of the aortic valve, a venous bleeding from the anterolateral wound was observed. Median sternotomy showed a bleeding out of the pulmonary trunk that could be stopped with purse-string sutures. The further course of the patient was uneventful.
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