Late Mitral Valve Regurgitation After Bullet Wound to the Heart

Stéphane Aubert; Olivio Souza Neto; Amit Pawale; Gilles D. Dreyfus

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.034

Late Mitral Valve Regurgitation After Bullet Wound to the Heart

Stéphane Aubert^*, Olivio Souza Neto, Amit Pawale, Gilles D. Dreyfus

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Abstract

We report a very rare case of mitral valve injury due to gunshot, presenting 1 year after the incident. The bullet had traversed through the chest and had gone through the anterior mitral leaflet to reside in the pericardium. The first clinical presentation was unremarkable and the patient became symptomatic 1 year later. We operated on him for severe mitral valve regurgitation, repairing the hole in the anterior mitral leaflet. The 1-year follow-up showed a good symptomatic and echocardiographic success.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	737-739
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	82
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.034
State	Published - Aug 2006

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Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Late Mitral Valve Regurgitation After Bullet Wound to the Heart

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