Septal myectomy for left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valve repair.

Perier, P; Hagen, T; Stumpf, J · Ann Thorac Surg · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a patient with a left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valve repair. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography permitted us to recognize the role of a bulging septum in the development of a systolic motion of the mitral valve. A left ventricular septal myectomy and myotomy was able to relieve the left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and the systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve.

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