Phasic disappearance of left circumflex coronary artery from an early complication of mitral valve surgery

LV pseudoaneurysm can be a late complication of mitral valve replacement. In our case, it was an early postoperative complication. This pseudoaneurysm was causing compression of LCX artery during systole, leading to presentation of NSTEMI two weeks after the surgery.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Devabhaktuni, Subodh, Sunkara, Nirmal, Ahsan, Chowdhury
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
Materias:
Clinical Video
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26576286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.404
Descripción
Sumario:LV pseudoaneurysm can be a late complication of mitral valve replacement. In our case, it was an early postoperative complication. This pseudoaneurysm was causing compression of LCX artery during systole, leading to presentation of NSTEMI two weeks after the surgery.

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