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http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.6.437

Newly Developed Aortic Dissection After Aorta Cannulation During Mitral Valve Surgery in a Patient With Marfan Syndrome

Moon, Jeong-Geun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
Shin, Mi-Seung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
Lee, Hun-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
Chung, Wook-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
Park, Chul-Hyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
Park, Kook-Yang (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)

Publication Information

Korean Circulation Journal / v.42, no.6, 2012 , pp. 437-440 More about this Journal

Abstract

We report a case of newly developed aortic dissection after aorta cannulation during mitral valve surgery in a patient with Marfan syndrome. An unexpected fatal complication of cardiac surgery detected on postoperative imaging survey in Marfan syndrome patient and its surgical finding are described.

Keywords

Marfan syndrome; Complications; Echocardiography; Operations;

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