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

ABSTRACT: 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.).

SUBMITTER: Arevalos V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8310975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature