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Cardiac autotransplantation for repair of left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement

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Left ventricular rupture is an infrequent but potentially fatal complication of mitral valve replacement. We report a case of large posterior mid-ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement, which was successfully treated by a patch repair and autotransplantation.

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  1. Hopital Militaire d’Instruction Mohammed V. Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy.Mohamed V University , Rabat, Morocco

    Fouad Nya, Reda Mounir, Youssef ELBekkali & Mahdi Ait Houssa

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Nya, F., Mounir, R., ELBekkali, Y. et al. Cardiac autotransplantation for repair of left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 36, 509–511 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-00962-9

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