Percutaneous Treatment of a Circumflex Artery Occlusion After Minimally Invasive Barlow Disease Mitral Valve Repair
Víctor Arévalos, Luis Ortega‐Paz, Daniel Pereda, Elena Sandoval, Salvatore Brugaletta
Abstract
Injury of the circumflex artery is an uncommon but dangerous complication during mitral valve surgery. We report the case of a patient who presented an occlusion of the circumflex artery after a minimally invasive mitral valve repair, which was treated with angioplasty in the immediate post-operative period. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCircumflexPercutaneousMitral valveMitral valve repairOcclusionSurgeryCardiologyComplicationAngioplastyInternal medicineArteryCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management