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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:905. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.06.039
Copyright © 2008, European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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Cardiac silhouette following a mitral valve replacement, tricuspid annuloplasty and atrioplasty of both atria

Zan Mitrev, Nikola Hristov*

Special Hospital for Cardiac Surgery, PZU "Filip Vtori", Skopje, Macedonia

Received 26 March 2008; received in revised form 13 June 2008; accepted 19 June 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +389 2 3091500; fax: +389 2 3091499. (Email: hristov{at}cardiosurgery.com.mk).

Key Words: Cardiac silhouette • Neglected mitral stenosis

Preoperative X-ray (Fig. 1 ) of 37-year-old woman with neglected mitral stenosis, severe pulmonary hypertension, tricuspid regurgitation and dilatation of both atria. Her mitral valve was replaced with mechanical prosthesis, tricuspid suture annuloplasty and reduction atrioplasty was performed. Her first postoperative X-ray (Fig. 2 ) showed normal cardiac silhouette.


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  		Fig. 1. Preoperative postero-anterior projection X-ray.

 

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  		Fig. 2. Postoperative antero-posterior projection X-ray.

 





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