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Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Evaluation of the Dehiscence of Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Ring.
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
Circulation. 12/22/2015, Vol. 132 Issue 25, pe388-e390. 3p.
Subject
*ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
*SURGICAL wound dehiscence
*MITRAL valve surgery
*OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases
*DYSKINESIAS
*PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of tobacco
*LEFT heart ventricle
*DISEASE complications
*PROSTHETIC heart valves
*MITRAL valve insufficiency
*TREATMENT effectiveness
Language
ISSN
0009-7322
Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 66-year-old patient who developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to cigarette smoking. He undergone surgery due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and was discharged. A dilated left ventricle with inferobasal and basal medium segment dyskinesia was seen during transthoracic echocardiography after 2 weeks of surgery. The patient had a dehiscence of mitral valve annuloplasty ring.