TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitral annuloplasty causing left circumflex injury and infarction: Novel use of intravascular ultrasound to diagnose suture injury
AU - Wykrzykowska, Joanna
AU - Cohen, David
AU - Zimetabum, Peter
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Suture injury of the left circumflex coronary artery and infarction may be an under-recognized complication of mitral valve annuloplasty. Our cases illustrate a potential role for early coronary angiography in patients who have persistent hemodynamic instability or ventricular irritability, which may be related to left circumflex artery injury. This potentially devastating complication of mitral annuloplasty can be diagnosed by use of intravascular ultrasound to distinguish suture injury from an atherosclerotic lesion.
AB - Suture injury of the left circumflex coronary artery and infarction may be an under-recognized complication of mitral valve annuloplasty. Our cases illustrate a potential role for early coronary angiography in patients who have persistent hemodynamic instability or ventricular irritability, which may be related to left circumflex artery injury. This potentially devastating complication of mitral annuloplasty can be diagnosed by use of intravascular ultrasound to distinguish suture injury from an atherosclerotic lesion.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17015917
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17015917
SN - 1042-3931
VL - 18
SP - 505
EP - 508
JO - Journal of invasive cardiology
JF - Journal of invasive cardiology
IS - 10
ER -