Mitral Valve Regurgitation: A Severe Complication following Left Ventricular Biopsy 15 Years after Heart Transplantation

A 71-year-old male patient underwent orthotopic heart transplantation in 1995. Due to left heart catheterization 15 years later, biopsy from the left ventricular apex was performed for rejection screening. Two days later, echocardiography revealed severe mitral valve regurgitation requiring mitral v...

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Main Authors: Marcel Vollroth, Joerg Seeburger, Philipp Kiefer, Jens Garbade, Friedrich W. Mohr, Markus J. Barten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/407875
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