Transient Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Hemolysis Following Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 50-52, 1999.
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ABSTRACT
We report a 69-year-old woman with transient mitral valve regurgitation and hemolysis following mitral valve replacement with a Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis. She had a history of congestive heart failure caused by mitral valve regurgitation so we performed mitral valve replacement with a Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis (Model 6900). Three days after surgery, a systolic murmur became clearly audible and the serum LDH level reached a maximum of 2, 018IU/<i>l</i> on postoperative day 10. Echocardiography showed regurgitant flow through the center of the bioprosthetic valve. It was thought that stent distortion of the implanted pericardial bioprosthesis had occurred and re-operation would be necessary, but the regurgitant flow disappeared suddenly on postoperative day 12. If mitral valve regurgitation occurs following mitral valve replacement with a pericardial bioprosthesis, stent distortion should be taken into consideration.
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Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
Japanese
Journal:
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
1999
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Article