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Case Reports
. 2023 May 4:20:37-39.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.04.015. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Avulsion of pledgeted sutures with traumatic aortic regurgitation 15 years after papillary muscle relocation

Hiroyuki Hara  1 , Naoki Kanemitsu  1 , Yosuke Sugita  1 , Keita Yano  1 , Shinya Takimoto  1
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Avulsion of pledgeted sutures with traumatic aortic regurgitation 15 years after papillary muscle relocation

Hiroyuki Hara et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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Avulsed pledgeted suture swinging back and forth between the aorta and the left ventricle.
Figure 1
Figure 1
A, Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography at (B) at diastolic and (C) systolic phase showing the mobile mass (21 × 12 mm) (white arrow) near the aortic valve, swinging back and forth between the ascending aorta and the left ventricle. LV, Left ventricle; LA, left atrium; Ao, aorta.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A, Resected mass connected with surgical suture during the surgery. B, Resected left (L), right (R), and noncoronary (N) cusp of the aortic valve during the surgery. There is deformation in a part of left and noncoronary cusp (white arrows).
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