Resumen

QUIROS ALPIZAR, José Luis; MIRANDA SOLIS, Lisa  y  SEVILLA ACOSTA, Fabricio José. Perforación cardiaca asociada a cirugía de reemplazo valvular mitral. Rev. costarric. cardiol [online]. 2011, vol.13, n.2, pp.37-39. ISSN 1409-4142.

A 55 years old female patient with a history of epilepsy, was admitted for elective cardiac surgery. Mitral valve replacement was performed with bioprosthesis, The surgery was complicated by a left ventricular laceration that ultimately resulted in the death of the patient during the postoperative period. The autopsy findings are presented

Palabras clave : mitral valve replacement surgery; complications; left ventricle rupture; autopsy.

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