Swiss medical weekly
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Swiss medical weekly · Mar 1990
Review Case Reports[Severe hemolytic anemia following purse-string valvuloplasty of the mitral valve].
A patient who had undergone valvuloplasty for mitral insufficiency due to chordal rupture developed severe hemolytic anemia a few weeks after surgery. Progressive mitral regurgitation was noted at the same time. ⋯ Fourteen months later mitral valve replacement (St Jude) was performed and the hemolysis ceased promptly. A brief review of the literature is presented.