Abe Tomonobu, Terada Takafumi, Noda Rei, Hatano Yuki, Nonaka Toshimichi, Kato Noriyuki, Sakurai Hajime
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
J Card Surg. 2010 Nov;25(6):683-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01134.x. Epub 2010 Oct 11.
We present a case of severe hemolysis following a mitral valve repair, which was successfully treated by removing the annuloplasty ring. The etiology of the hemolysis appeared to be a small regurgitant jet at the level of the annuloplasty ring.