A case of mitral valve plasty for Libman–Sacks endocarditis mimicking a cardiac tumor
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Mucormycosis mimicking Tracheal Tumor: a case report
A 49-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM), and hypothyroidism referred to the emergency ward complaining of shortness of breath which had lasted for three weeks. Due to inspiratory and expiratory stridor in the clinical examination, a tracheal lesion was proposed for her. In computed tomography (CT) scan (without contrast) of the neck and chest, a lesion resembling a malignan...
متن کاملeComment: partial cardiac autotransplantation with a concomitant mitral valve, aortic valve replacement and tricuspid plasty.
key aspects for successful completion of the Cox maze III ’cut-and-sew’ procedure, I started to perform it by adding the transection of the SVC. This modification from the original technique can be termed as mini-partial heart autotransplantation. And this is just the point that I want to emphasize in this comment. Once the entire LA has been circumferentially divided and the SVC sectioned, the...
متن کاملPartial cardiac autotransplantation with a concomitant mitral valve, aortic valve replacement and tricuspid plasty.
We describe a case with left atrial volume reduction of a giant left atrium, treated successfully by partial cardiac autotransplantation, concomitant mitral and aortic valve replacement, and tricuspid valve plasty. We obtained good results at the 1-year follow-up.
متن کاملLeft ventricular post-infraction pseudoaneurysm mimicking mitral valve endocarditis
In this report we present a patient who was initially diagnosed as suffering from mitral valve endocarditis. The proper use of diagnostic modalities revealed a pseudo aneurysm of the left ventricle which was mimicking mitral valve vegetations. This allowed better planning of the subsequent operation. The optimal preoperative diagnostic studies are discussed along with the proper surgical treatm...
متن کاملMitral valve plasty for mitral regurgitation after blunt chest trauma.
A 21 year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of chest and back pain after blunt chest trauma. On admission, consciousness was clear and a physical examination showed labored breathing. Her vital signs were stable, but her breathing gradually worsened, and artificial respiration was started. The chest roentgenogram and a subsequent chest computed tomographic scans revealed contusions...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.07.034