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Annuloplasty ring removal from patients with hemolysis after mitral valve repair

  • Tomonobu Abe
  • , Takafumi Terada
  • , Rei Noda
  • , Yuki Hatano
  • , Toshimichi Nonaka
  • , Noriyuki Kato
  • , Hajime Sakurai

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Abstract

We present a case of severe hemolysis following a mitral valve repair, which was successfully treated by removing the annuloplasty ring. The etiology of the hemolysis appeared to be a small regurgitant jet at the level of the annuloplasty ring.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)683-685
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Cardiac Surgery
Volume25
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11-2010
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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