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Case Review
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement With Preservation of the Anterior Leaflet
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Columbia University Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2011, 12(1), 48–51;
https://doi.org/10.3909/ricm0556
Published: 30 March 2011
Abstract
A 79-year-old woman with a history of bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valve replacement with coronary artery bypass graft surgery presented with pulmonary edema 4 years after surgery. Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography revealed an obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract caused by the bioprosthetic mitral valve. We present this case, accompanied by a review of the literature.
Keywords
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Mitral valve replacement
Anterior leaflet preservation