• Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jun 2000

    Case Reports

    An experience of a case with perforation of an aneurysm in the anterior mitral cusp developing after aortic valve replacement.

    • N Ohtani, T Kawakami, M Haga, N Akasaka, K Goh, and T Sasajima.
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shin-Nittetsu Muroran General Hospital, 1-45 Chiribetsu-cho, Muroran 050-0076, Japan.
    • Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 Jun 1; 6 (3): 183-5.

    AbstractMitral valve aneurysm is a rare disease and in Japan, cases of perforation which is considered to be mainly caused by infectious endocarditis is usually only encountered through case reports. We experienced a case who received aortic valve replacement and mitral valve annuloplasty for combined valvular heart disease of aortic insufficiency and mitral insufficiency followed by mitral valve replacement for severe mitral valve regurgitation subsequent to perforation of the anterior mitral cusp, leading to recovery.

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