Volume 25, Issue 6 pp. 683-685
Case Reports

Annuloplasty Ring Removal from Patients with Hemolysis after Mitral Valve Repair

Tomonobu Abe M.D.

Tomonobu Abe M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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Takafumi Terada M.D.

Takafumi Terada M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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Rei Noda M.D.

Rei Noda M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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Yuki Hatano M.D.

Yuki Hatano M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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Toshimichi Nonaka M.D.

Toshimichi Nonaka M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Daigaku, Uchinada-cho, Kawakita-gun, Ishikawa, Japan

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Noriyuki Kato M.D.

Noriyuki Kato M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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Hajime Sakurai M.D.

Hajime Sakurai M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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First published: 11 October 2010
Citations: 3
Address for correspondence: Tomonobu Abe, M.D., Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, 1-1-10 Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, 457-8510, Japan. Fax: +81-52-692-5220; e-mail: [email protected]

Conflict of interest: None.

Abstract

Abstract We present a case of severe hemolysis following a mitral valve repair, which was successfully treated by removing the annuloplasty ring. The etiology of the hemolysis appeared to be a small regurgitant jet at the level of the annuloplasty ring. (J Card Surg 2010;25:683-685)

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