Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair for Acute Papillary Muscle Rupture During Pregnancy.

We describe a 28-year-old morbidly obese woman at 27-weeks gestation who presents with acute decompensated mitral regurgitation secondary to spontaneous papillary muscle rupture. Following hemodynamic stabilization and Cesarean delivery, we performed an emergent mitral valve repair through a minimally invasive right thoracotomy. PMID: 30081028 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - August 3, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Nguyen S, Umana-Pizano JB, Donepudi R, Dhoble A, Nguyen TC Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research