Perioperative Management of Left Atrial Dissection After Mitral Valve Repair: Navigating the Challenges and Conundrums With a Rare Complication

Rohesh J Fernando; Elizabeth Zhou; Prakash A Patel; Chandrika Garner; Jared W Feinman; Bao Ha; Sean D Johnson; Stuart J Weiss; Lee A Goeddel; John G Augoustides

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2019.02.049

Perioperative Management of Left Atrial Dissection After Mitral Valve Repair: Navigating the Challenges and Conundrums With a Rare Complication

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Jul;33(7):2046-2052. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.02.049. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC.
² Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.

PMID: 30914215
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.02.049

No abstract available

Keywords: anatomic variants; atrial dissection; hematoma; interatrial septum; mitral valve; septal pouch; stroke, transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Conservative Treatment / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Atria*
Heart Rupture / diagnosis
Heart Rupture / etiology
Heart Rupture / therapy*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Mitral Valve Prolapse / surgery*
Rare Diseases