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Acute left atrial dissection during redo mitral valve replacement
Author(s) -
Kasai Mio,
Inoue Yoshito,
Suzuki Satoru,
Suzuki Ryo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12780
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve replacement , dissection (medical) , complication , mitral valve , etiology , cardiology , surgery
Left atrial (LA) dissection is an extremely rare and life‐threatening complication which is most commonly associated with mitral valve surgery. We report a case of LA dissection after a redo mitral valve replacement and discuss its etiology and management.
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