Massive hemolysis after mitral valve repair

Adem Güler,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.070

Adem Güler¹, Mustafa Kürklüoğlu¹, Mehmet Ali Şahin¹, Oben Baysan², Mehmet Yokuşoğlu², Harun Tatar¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Cardiology, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.070

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Hemolysis is a rare, but serious complication of mitral valve repair. It should be considered in every patient with the history of mitral valve repair and who has unexpected impairment in the functional capacity during early or late postoperative period. If the functional impairment is not consisted with the severity of patient residual mitral regurgitation, hemolysis should always be considered. In this article, we present two cases suffering from intravascular hemolysis after mitral valve repair.

Keywords : Hemolysis; mitral valve repair; mitral valve replacement

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