Postoperative Myocardial Infarction Due to Coronary Embolization of Valve Tissue After Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement

Hasan Hadzalic, MD; Selma Hasific, MD; Luca Oechslin, MD; Umberto Maccio, MD; Thierry Aymard, MD; Jürg Grünenfelder, MD; Ioannis Kapos, MD; Christophe Wyss, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2024)

Postoperative Myocardial Infarction Due to Coronary Embolization of Valve Tissue After Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement

Hasan Hadzalic, MD,
Selma Hasific, MD,
Luca Oechslin, MD,
Umberto Maccio, MD,
Thierry Aymard, MD,
Jürg Grünenfelder, MD,
Ioannis Kapos, MD,
Christophe Wyss, MD

Affiliations

Hasan Hadzalic, MD: Heart Clinic Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland; Address for correspondence: Dr Hasan Hadzalic, Heart Clinic Hirslanden Zurich, Witellikerstreet 40, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
Selma Hasific, MD: Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Luca Oechslin, MD: Heart Clinic Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
Umberto Maccio, MD: University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Thierry Aymard, MD: Heart Clinic Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
Jürg Grünenfelder, MD: Heart Clinic Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
Ioannis Kapos, MD: Heart Clinic Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
Christophe Wyss, MD: Heart Clinic Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 9
p. 102309

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We present the case of a 61-year-old man with known Morbus Barlow disease, who presented with postoperative myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest within 1 hour after minimally invasive mitral valve surgery owing to coronary artery occlusion by native mitral valve tissue.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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