83y · Female·Haemorrhage due to mitral valve disease (surgically repaired); specifically haem…
An 83-year-old woman died from haemorrhage following mitral and tricuspid valve repair surgery. During intra-operative testing of the repaired mitral valve using Blake's tubing (soft rubber tub…
64y · Male·Complications of redo thoracotomy/aortic valve replacement in a man with ischaem…
…ic stenosis) underwent redo thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement. During sternal re-entry, the right ventricle was inadvertently incised despite use of an oscillating saw and careful technique. The patient required …
79y · Male·Iatrogenic right ventricular injury complicating drainage of pericardial collect…
…re, the surgeon encountered difficulty finding the pericardial plane and inadvertently injured the right ventricle. Subsequent conversion to sternotomy resulted in extension of the initial tear requiring extensive Gore-…
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