
Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two-dimensional echocardiographic findings.
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Carlson, EB; Wolfe, WG; Kisslo, J
Published in: J Am Coll Cardiol
November 1985
Disruption of the posterior mitral anulus is a rare complication of mitral valve replacement that may result in subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm formation. Such pseudoaneurysm formation was easily recognized by two-dimensional echocardiography in a 54 year old man 3 years after his second mitral valve replacement. The finding was confirmed by cineangiography and direct surgical inspection. Recognition of this rare complication of mitral valve replacement has therapeutic importance because surgical correction is necessary.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
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0735-1097
Publication Date
November 1985
Volume
6
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1164 / 1166
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Reoperation
- Postoperative Complications
- Mitral Valve
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Heart Ventricles
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Heart Aneurysm
- Echocardiography
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Carlson, E. B., Wolfe, W. G., & Kisslo, J. (1985). Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two-dimensional echocardiographic findings. J Am Coll Cardiol, 6(5), 1164–1166. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80326-0
Carlson, E. B., W. G. Wolfe, and J. Kisslo. “Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two-dimensional echocardiographic findings.” J Am Coll Cardiol 6, no. 5 (November 1985): 1164–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80326-0.
Carlson EB, Wolfe WG, Kisslo J. Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two-dimensional echocardiographic findings. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1985 Nov;6(5):1164–6.
Carlson, E. B., et al. “Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two-dimensional echocardiographic findings.” J Am Coll Cardiol, vol. 6, no. 5, Nov. 1985, pp. 1164–66. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80326-0.
Carlson EB, Wolfe WG, Kisslo J. Subvalvular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: two-dimensional echocardiographic findings. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1985 Nov;6(5):1164–1166.

Published In
J Am Coll Cardiol
DOI
ISSN
0735-1097
Publication Date
November 1985
Volume
6
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1164 / 1166
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Reoperation
- Postoperative Complications
- Mitral Valve
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Heart Ventricles
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Heart Aneurysm
- Echocardiography