Percutaneous Treatment of a Circumflex Artery Occlusion After Minimally Invasive Barlow Disease Mitral Valve Repair

Percutaneous Treatment of a Circumflex Artery Occlusion After Minimally Invasive Barlow Disease Mitral Valve Repair

Injury of the circumflex artery is an uncommon but dangerous complication during mitral valve surgery. We report the case of a patient who presented an occlusion of the circumflex artery after a minimally invasive mitral valve repair, which was treated with angioplasty in the immediate post-operativ...

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Main Authors: Victor Arévalos, MD, Luis Ortega-Paz, MD, PhD, Daniel Pereda, MD, PhD, Elena Sandoval, MD, Salvatore Brugaletta, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
intravascular ultrasound
mitral valve
myocardial revascularization
percutaneous coronary intervention
valve repair
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266608492031411X
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Summary:Injury of the circumflex artery is an uncommon but dangerous complication during mitral valve surgery. We report the case of a patient who presented an occlusion of the circumflex artery after a minimally invasive mitral valve repair, which was treated with angioplasty in the immediate post-operative period. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
ISSN:2666-0849

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