Open AccessMitral valve dissection: an unusual case of acute severe mitral regurgitation
Author(s) -
J. Frielingsdorf,
Thomas Fischer,
A. Linka
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs222
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiogenic shock , mitral regurgitation , cardiology , endocarditis , aneurysm , mitral valve , aortic dissection , surgery , dissection (medical) , regurgitation (circulation) , fistula , shock (circulatory) , aorta , myocardial infarction
A 52-year-old female patient in cardiogenic shock was sent to our hospital. Three years ago, she had suffered from rheumatic aortic endocarditis, which resulted in a sinus valsalva aneurysm and dissection of the anterior mitral leaflet due to a fistula arising from …
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