Marked mitral prosthesis rocking motion preceding atrioventricular groove rupture.

ABSTRACT: Rupture of the atrioventricular groove is an uncommon but dreaded complication of mitral valve replacement. We present the case of a 74-year-old male submitted to mitral valve surgery, complicated by atrioventricular groove rupture presaged by the excessive rocking movement of the prosthesis seen in the pre-discharge transthoracic echocardiogram. .

SUBMITTER: Sousa AIC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280011 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature