Open AccessPhasic disappearance of left circumflex coronary artery from an early complication of mitral valve surgery
Author(s) -
Devabhaktuni Subodh,
Sunkara Nirmal,
Ahsan Chowdhury
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.404
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , complication , mitral valve replacement , cardiology , circumflex , surgery , mitral valve , artery , presentation (obstetrics) , mitral valve repair
Key Clinical Message 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.