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Case Reports
. 1990 Jul;50(1):136-7.
doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90108-i.

Severe hemolysis after incomplete mitral valve repair

J H Wilson  1 , R Rath, R Glaser, T Panke
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Severe hemolysis after incomplete mitral valve repair

J H Wilson et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1990 Jul.

Abstract

We report 2 cases of severe intravascular hemolysis after mitral valve repair using a Duran annuloplasty ring. In both patients residual mitral regurgitation was present, hemolysis was severe enough to warrant a second operation, and hemolysis ceased immediately after the second operation. We believe that a high-velocity regurgitant jet directed toward the cloth-covered annuloplasty ring was responsible for the hemolysis in both patients.

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  • Hemolysis after valve repair.
    Bloom RJ, Goldman BS, Fremes SE, Christakis GT, Ali I. Bloom RJ, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1991 Mar;51(3):526. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(91)90893-u. Ann Thorac Surg. 1991. PMID: 1998449 No abstract available.

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