Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valvuloplasty with a flexible Duran ring

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1992 Jan-Feb;5(1):89-92. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80110-7.

Abstract

We report on a patient in whom left ventricular outflow obstruction developed after mitral valve repair with a flexible Duran ring. This complication has been reported in 4.5% to 21% of patients when a rigid Carpentier ring was used but was thought to be eliminated with the use of flexible rings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / physiopathology