Submitral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: Early diagnosis and successful repair

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-507

  Lanjewar, Charan ^a   Thakkar, Bhavesh ^a   Kerkar, Prafulla ^a   Khandeparkar, Jagdish ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Late left ventricular rupture; Mitral valve replacement; MRI to diagnose postoperative complications; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PSUEDOANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548381289     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.149625     Document Type: Article

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