Abstract
Emergency surgical correction of severe mitral incompetence complicating acute myocardial infarction still remains a therapeutic challenge for various reasons including the poor hemodynamic condition of these patients preoperatively, the potentially limited amount of residual viable myocardium, and the technical difficulties associated with the surgical procedure. On the basis of a clinical experience that encompasses 25 patients who underwent emergency surgery for acute ischemic mitral incompetence, we address the main surgical issues that continue to be raised by this life-threatening clinical entity.
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Piwnica, A.H., Menasche, P., Kucharski, C., Abdelmeguid, I., Subayi, J.B. (1991). Surgery for acute ischemic mitral incompetence. In: Vetter, H.O., Hetzer, R., Schmutzler, H. (eds) Ischemic Mitral Incompetence. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08027-6_17
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